The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story Martin Edwards. Harper, $25.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-00-810596-9 ...

Small-town mysteries have always been popular. The Daily Yonder has found that a recent wave of rural crime novels has some celebrating a new Golden Age of the genre.

Love the Golden Age of crime fiction — that is, genteel mayhem from the 1920s and ’30s — but want to expand your horizons? If so, have I got a series for you: the wildly successful British ...

‘The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers who Invented the Modern Detective Story’ by Martin Edwards HarperCollins, 528 pp., $27.99 ...

“The idea that readers could follow along with the detective seemed to appeal,” Pauley said, and he summarized his findings on the fictional era from Holmes to Poirot: “A lot of golden age and ...

The modern detective can move through science fiction, neo-noir, fantasy, comedy, and the literary-tinged dramas of prestige shows with ease. They can be emotionally removed or incredibly ...

Historian Lucy Worsley explores how murders of 19th century Britain have become a staple in the nation's entertainment. A Very British Murder investigates this phenomenon, revisiting notorious ...