The Collard and Vandervent families for decades have shared a large estate in the elegant London suburb of Blackheath. It's the 1890s and the families' near-incestuous entanglement has grown into a to
In celebration of distinguished author/critic Julian Symons' 80th year, here is the third and final revised edition of his classic history of mystery fiction. The views expressed here are as candid as
Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting, claiming to be the missing David Wa
John Wilkins meets a beautiful, irresistible girl, and his world is turned upside down. Looking at his wife, and thinking of the girl, everything turns red before his eyes the colour of murder. This a
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS'Cleverly told ... brilliant character work and plotting up to the usual Symons standard.' – ObserverLady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in
The murder, a brutal stabbing, definitely took place on Guy Fawkes' night. It was definitely by the bonfire on the village green. There were definitely a number of witnesses. And yet, was it definitel
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS'One of our most ingenious and stylish home-grown crime novelists' – Spectator'A book to delight every puzzle-suspense enthusiast' – New York TimesJohn Wilkins me
