Hemlock Bay - From the 'true master of British crime writing', a chilling and twisty Golden Age mystery

The first rule of murder: know your victim... The fifth stunning novel in the Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mystery series from the winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger Award.

About the author

Martin Edwards is an award-winning author and life-long fan of books and mysteries, puzzles and games. He has won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating, Macavity and Poirot awards and, in 2020, he was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to crime fiction. He is the President of the Detection Club, a position previously held by crime-writing royalty Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie, and he is a consultant to the British Library’s bestselling Crime Classics series. Martin is the author of the Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries as well as several other works of fiction and non-fiction.

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Product details

• Authors: Martin Edwards
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2025
• EAN: 9781035909810
• ISBN: 978-1-0359-0981-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Series: Rachel Savernake
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, Historical mysteries, Thriller / suspense, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Esoteric thriller