{"product_id":"9780008105990","title":"The Golden Age of Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional. Nothing could be further from the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Golden Age of Murder tells for the first time the extraordinary story of British detective fiction between the two World Wars. A gripping real-life detective story, it investigates how Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, Agatha Christie and their colleagues in the mysterious Detection Club transformed crime fiction. Their work cast new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors’ darkest secrets, and their complex and sometimes bizarre private lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrime novelist and current Detection Club President Martin Edwards rewrites the history of crime fiction with unique authority, transforming our understanding of detective stories, and the brilliant but tormented men and women who wrote them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Golden Age of Murder is a captivating blend of biography and mystery, revealing the untold stories of the genre's greatest figures. Martin Edwards, a prize-winning author, delivers a traditional yet thrilling narrative that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Otto Penzler (Best Crime Stories of the Year Volume 4), Elly Griffiths (The Last Remains), Richard Osman (We Solve Murders), Ethel Lina White (PUT OUT THE LIGHT), and Anthony Horowitz (Marble Hall Murders).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Edwards, Read by Leighton Pugh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889141665941,"sku":"9780008105990","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008105990_f02eaea8-7490-44e7-b888-c8e243e14a9c.jpg?v=1776888432","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008105990","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}