The Liverpool Daily Post is reporting that UK crime author Martin Edwards has been invited to join the exclusive Detection Club. The club, primarily a social one, dates back to 1928 when it was formed by (among others) Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Anthony Berkleley Cox.
Edwards is the author of the Lake District mysteries featuring Detective Chief Inspector Hannah Scarlett and historian Daniel Kind, and the Harry Devlin mystery series. He recently won a CWA Dagger Award for his short story The Bookbinder's Apprentice. His most recent book, Dancing for the Hangman, a departure from his series works, was published in the UK last November but is not (yet) available in the US.
The Detection Club has an interesting oath administered to all new members. Among the questions asked is one regarding the rules of fair play: "Do you promise that your detectives shall well and truly detect the crimes presented to them, using those wits which it may please you to bestow upon them and not placing reliance on nor making use of Divine Revelation, Feminine Intuition, Mumbo-Jumbo, Jiggery-Pokery, Coincidence or the Act of God?"
Return to Mystery Books News ...
0 comments:
Post a Comment