The true crimes which inspired The Golden Age of Murder

2025-07-08

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The Detection Club, established in 1930, is the world’s first social network for crime writers. It’s founder fathers and mothers included Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and Anthony Berkeley.Its current membership includes Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Richard Osman.The current (and only the eighth) President, Martin Edwards, has released an updated edition of his book ‘The Golden Age of Murder’ in which he talks about the true cases which inspired the literary greats of the Inter-War years.

The Detection Club, established in 1930, is the world’s first social network for crime writers.

It’s founder fathers and mothers included Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and Anthony Berkeley.

Its current membership includes Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Richard Osman.

The current (and only the eighth) President, Martin Edwards, has released an updated edition of his book ‘The Golden Age of Murder’ in which he talks about the true cases which inspired the literary greats of the Inter-War years.

And he describes how many of our classic crime novels riff around the subject of a ‘justified murder.’

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More about Martin Edwards : https://martinedwardsbooks.com/ and https://substack.com/@martinedwardsbooks/

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