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Martin edwards the life of crime6/21/2023 ![]() Admittedly, it’s only two footnotes, but he’s there. Every reader will always jump to the index to see if their favourite author gets a mention, so Flood, Helen Flower, Pat Flynn, Brian. Right, let’s get the important bit out of the way first. Of course it can, this is Martin Edwards we’re talking about. Sorry, always like to finish my “blurb” on a cliff-hanger. But can a history of such a massive and broad category ever be written as a coherent narrative? ![]() He traces the development of the genre and its many, many sub-genres across the centuries, showing the influences of previous writers and real-world events on the authors that followed them. Martin has read crime fiction for most of his life and has blended together both the history behind the content of the books in the genre and the history of the writers. Who in their right mind would try and write a history of all the genre, from the late eighteenth century right up to the present day, give or take a year or three? Step forward Martin Edwards… ![]() Crime Fiction has been around since… well, the Adam and Eve story featured an apple theft (a crime that seems less popular in fiction these days). ![]()
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