Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories - From the Crime Writers Association

From the Crime Writers' Association, a beautiful new book of short stories, designed as a perfect gift for the reader of crime and mystery, and a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Editor Martin Edwards has commissioned an entertaining range of stories from the membership of the world's most celebrated group of crime and mystery writers, the Crime Writers' Association (CWA). Founded over 70 years ago by John Creasey, the Crime Writers’ Association supports, promotes and celebrates this most durable, adaptable and successful of genres, while supporting writers of every kind of crime fiction and non-fiction. In this new collection, enjoy 19 original, thrilling mysteries packed full of enthralling characters, drama and intrigue, by the following authors: SJ Bennett, J.C. Bernthal, Chris Curran, Judith Cutler, Luke Deckard, Victoria Dowd, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Helen Fields, Paula Lennon, G.M. Malliet, William Burton McCormick, Tom Mead, Christine Poulson, Jacquie Rogers, Meeti Shroff-Shah, Chris Simms, Art Taylor and L.C. Tyler.

The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices, often with myth-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover editions, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Info autore

Martin Edwards writes the Rachel Savernake, Lake District, and Harry Devlin mysteries. The Life of Crime, a genre history, won four awards, including an Edgar. He has won the CWA Diamond Dagger, Dagger in the Library and the Golden Derringer for lifetime achievement in the field of short mystery fiction.SJ Bennett is the author of the bestselling historical mystery series featuring Queen Elizabeth II as an investigator, which is published in 20 languages. As far as she knows, the late Queen did not secretly solve crimes. Probably.J.C. Bernthal is the Edgar Award-nominated author and editor of several books about crime fiction, including Queering Agatha Christie and, with Mary Anna Evans, The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie. He is a Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing at the Suffolk Centre for Culture and Heritage, University of Suffolk.Chris Curran is the author of five psychological suspense novels published under her own name and one, The Guesthouse, as Abbie Frost. Her latest title is When the Lights Go Out. She loves writing (and reading) short stories and has twice been shortlisted for the CWA Margery Allingham award. Find out more at chriscurranauthor.comJudith Cutler, whose fiftieth novel is published next year, won the Critical Quarterly short story prize sixty years ago. Having taught English, Creative Writing and (at a primary school) cricket, she now helps a hedgehog to blog on Facebook’s Hedgehog Highways pages.Dr. Luke Deckard has authored novellas, short stories and scripts for podcasts and comic books. He has a PhD in creative writing and currently hosts two podcasts: The Secret Circle and Pop-Culture Investigations.Victoria Dowd is the award-winning author of the bestselling Smart Woman’s Mystery series. She’s been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger and her debut novel, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder, won the People’s Book Prize. Victoria was awarded the Gothic Fiction prize for her short fiction, which is published widely.Kate Ellis is best known for her Devon-based crime series featuring DI Wesley Peterson, the latest of which is The Killing Place, and her Joe Plantagenet series. Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library, she has also published a trilogy set in the aftermath of WW1. Find out more at: kateellis.co.uk.Helen Fields is a former criminal and family law barrister. Today she is a million-copy bestselling author of twelve novels, translated into twenty-five languages. She has been listed for several notable prizes including the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the McIlvanney Prize. She also writes as HS Chandler.Paula Lennon was born in the West Midlands and currently resides in Jamaica, where the Caribbean Sea provides writing inspiration. She is author of the Detectives Preddy and Harris trilogy. Paula’s murder mystery story Sorry, Delivery won the Comedy Women in Print short story prize 2022/23.G.M. Malliet’s first novel, Death of a Cosy Writer, won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. She has since been shortlisted for Anthony, Macavity, Derringer, and LeA Coast Crime awards. She was a graduate student at the universities of Oxford (Sociology) and Cambridge (EducaEon). She now lives in the US.William Burton McCormick is an Edgar-nominated writer of thriller novels and short stories set mainly in Eastern Europe. He is the author of the acclaimed novellas A Stranger from the Storm and House of Tigers, and the award-winning novel KGB Banker. He lives in Rīga, Latvia. Find out more information on his website: williamburtonmccormick.com.Tom Mead is a Derbyshire mystery writer. His debut novel Death and the Conjuror was an international bestseller and its sequel, The Murder Wheel, was described as ‘brilliant’ in a Publishers Weekly starred review and ‘a delight’ by the Daily Mail. His third novel is Cabaret Macabre.Christine Poulson’s stories have been short-listed for various awards including the Short Mystery Fiction Derringer, the Margery Allingham Prize and the CWA Short Story Dagger. She is the author of a series of crime novels featuring medical researcher Katie Flanagan, most recently, An Air That Kills. Find out more at christinepoulson.co.ukJacquie Rogers is the author of the Quintus Valerius Roman Britain mystery novels. Her short stories have been published worldwide. She was twice Runner Up in the Lincoln Book Festival Flash Fiction competition. Jacquie lives in the Malvern Hills, UK, with her husband and dog. Books and links: linktr.ee/jacquierogers.Meeti Shroff-Shah is the author of the Temple Hill Mystery series, the first of which, A Mumbai Murder Mystery, was longlisted for CWA’s New Blood Dagger 2022 and shortlisted for the Times of India Author Awards 2023. She lives in Mumbai with her husband, daughter and a dozen astonishingly sturdy houseplants.Chris Simms has been nominated for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year and Crime Writers’ Association Daggers (including for his short stories). Waterstones also selected him as one of their ‘25 Authors For The Future’. Alongside writing, he works for the Royal Literary Fund as a Consultant Fellow.Art Taylor is the author of two collections: The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions and The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense. His short fiction has won the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Macavity Awards. Find out more at arttaylorwriter.comL.C. Tyler is a former CWA Chair, who has twice won the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award for comic crime novels and also a CWA Dagger. He writes two crimes series: one set in the seventeenth century and one with a narrator who has not moved on much since the 1950s.

Riassunto

A stunning new collection from the Crime Writers' Association (CWA). Editor Martin Edwards has curated this latest anthology from members of the world's most celebrated group of crime and mystery writers. The books are gorgeous editions with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Martin Edwards
• Con la collaborazione di: Martin Edwards (Editore)
• Editore: Flame Tree Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.07.2024
• EAN: 9781804177266
• ISBN: 978-1-80417-726-6
• Pagine: 416
• Serie: Beyond and Within
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Short Stories, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), Fiction, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Crime and mystery fiction