Biography

Martin Edwards was educated in Northwich and at Balliol College, Oxford University, taking a first class honours degree in law. He trained as a solicitor in Leeds and moved to Liverpool on qualifying in 1980. He published his first legal article at the age of 25 and become a partner in the firm of Mace and Jones in 1984

He is married to Helena with two children (Jonathan and Catherine) and lives in Lymm. Martin is a member of the Murder Squad collective of crime writers, and is chairman of the nominations sub-committee for the CWA Diamond Dagger (crime writing's most prestigious award). In 2007 he was appointed the Archivist of the Crime Writers Association.
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Books by Martin Edwards

Lessons in Crime
Lessons in Crime
2025
House on Graveyard Lane
House on Graveyard Lane
2024
Impact of Evidence
Impact of Evidence
2024
Indian Rope Trick and Other Vi
Indian Rope Trick and Other Violent Entertainments
2024
Metropolitan Mysteries
Metropolitan Mysteries
2024
Midsummer Mysteries Short Stor
Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories
2024
Using R in HR Analytics
Using R in HR Analytics
2024
Adventure of the Castle Thief
Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions
2023
Crimes of Cymru
Crimes of Cymru
2023
Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge
Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge
2023
Sepulchre Street
Sepulchre Street
2023
The Edinburgh Mystery
The Edinburgh Mystery
2023
Welsh Mysteries
Welsh Mysteries
2023
Blackstone Fell
Blackstone Fell
2022
Edinburgh Mystery and Other Ta
Edinburgh Mystery and Other Tales of Scottish Crime
2022
Girl They All Forgot
Girl They All Forgot
2022
Howdunit
Howdunit
2022
Cosy Crime Short Stories
Cosy Crime Short Stories
2021
Crooked Shore
Crooked Shore
2021
Voice Like Velvet (Detective Club Crime Classics)
Voice Like Velvet (Detective Club Crime Classics)
2021
A Surprise For Christmas
A Surprise For Christmas
2020
Book of Extraordinary Impossib
Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths
2020
Gallows Court
Gallows Court
2020
Spoilt Kill
Spoilt Kill
2020
The Measure of Malice
The Measure of Malice
2020
Vintage Crime
Vintage Crime
2020
Agents and Spies Short Stories
Agents and Spies Short Stories
2018
Called Back (Detective Club Cr
Called Back (Detective Club Crime Classics)
2018
Ten year stretch
Ten year stretch
2018
The Christmas Card Crime
The Christmas Card Crime
2018
Continental Crimes
Continental Crimes
2017
CWA Anthology of Short Stories
CWA Anthology of Short Stories
2017
Miraculous mysteries
Miraculous mysteries
2017
Red Glory
Red Glory
2017
Respect the Red Light
Respect the Red Light
2017
The story of classic crime in
The story of classic crime in 100 books
2017
Arrest the Bishop?
Arrest the Bishop?
2016
Crime and Mystery Short Stories
Crime and Mystery Short Stories
2016
Llangollen Youthful Memories o
Llangollen Youthful Memories of the Place and Its People
2016
Motives for Murder
Motives for Murder
2016
The Dungeon House
The Dungeon House
2015
The golden age of murder
The golden age of murder
2015
The Starlings and Other Stories
The Starlings and Other Stories
2015
Truly Criminal
Truly Criminal
2015
The Frozen Shroud A Lake District Mystery
The Frozen Shroud A Lake District Mystery
2013
The Hanging Wood
The Hanging Wood
2012
Best Eaten Cold And Other Stories
Best Eaten Cold And Other Stories
2011
Coffin Trail [Standard Large P
Coffin Trail [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]
2011
Guilty consciences
Guilty consciences
2011
Hanging Wood
Hanging Wood
2011
The serpent pool
The serpent pool
2011
Dancing for the hangman
Dancing for the hangman
2008
M.O
M.O
2008
Control and the Therapeutic Trial. Rhetoric and Experimentation in Britain, 1918-48. (Clio Medica 82). (Clio Medica)
Control and the Therapeutic Trial. Rhetoric and Experimentation in Britain, 1918-48. (Clio Medica 82). (Clio Medica)
2007
The Arsenic Labyrinth
The Arsenic Labyrinth
2007
Jing hun jie
Jing hun jie
2006
Cipher Garden, The
Cipher Garden, The
2005
Crime on the Move
Crime on the Move
2005
Crimson Snow
Crimson Snow
2005
The Coffin Trail
The Coffin Trail
2004
Catching Killers
Catching Killers
2003
Mysterious Pleasures
Mysterious Pleasures
2003
Take My Breath Away
Take My Breath Away
2002
The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime
The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime
2002
Thrumm
Thrumm
2002
Tolley's equal opportunities handbook
Tolley's equal opportunities handbook
2000
Ask A Policeman
Ask A Policeman
1998
Due to a Death
Due to a Death
1998
Coconut Heart
Coconut Heart
1997
Northern Blood 2
Northern Blood 2
1997
The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures
The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures
1997
Whydunit?
Whydunit?
1997
Eve of Destruction a Harry Devlin Myster (A Harry Devlin Mystery)
Eve of Destruction a Harry Devlin Myster (A Harry Devlin Mystery)
1996
Northern Blood 1
Northern Blood 1
1996
Who Killed Father Christmas?
Who Killed Father Christmas?
1996
Spreadsheets and valuation
Spreadsheets and valuation
1995
The Complete Book of Children's Everyday Ailments and Emergencies (Complete)
The Complete Book of Children's Everyday Ailments and Emergencies (Complete)
1994
The Complete Family Medical Adviser (Complete)
The Complete Family Medical Adviser (Complete)
1994
All the Lonely People
All the Lonely People
1991
Dismissal Law
Dismissal Law
1991
How to Get the Best Deal from
How to Get the Best Deal from Your Employer
1991
Planning and Compensation Act
Planning and Compensation Act
1991
Non-domestic rating
Non-domestic rating
1990
Executive Survival
Executive Survival
1987
Contracts, the deeper issues
Contracts, the deeper issues
1984
Understanding dismissal law
Understanding dismissal law
1984
Understanding computer contracts
Understanding computer contracts
1983
The bespoke bullet
The bespoke bullet
1982
Where Do You Find Your Ideas?
Where Do You Find Your Ideas?