As If by Magic - Locked-Room Mysteries and Other Miraculous Crimes

Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-lovers sought more cerebral entertainment. Following on from Miraculous Mysteries, CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards brings together a whole new casebook of mystifying locked room mysteries and impossible crimes. Featuring more great stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons and Margery Allingham alongside newly rediscovered writers, this selection of stories will bring you more insight into one of the most celebrated and dazzling sub-genres of detective fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Edwards
• Assisted by: Martin Edwards (Editor), Edwards Martin (Editor)
• Publisher: British Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9780712355636
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5563-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; England, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Classic crime, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Anthologies (non-poetry), Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery