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Take My Breath Away Crime in the City Urge to Kill: How Police Take Homicide from Case to Court Where Do You Find Your Ideas? And Other Crime Stories Scenes of Crime

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First British Edition Allison & Busby (2002)

Paperback - Allison & Busby (2004)

Take My Breath Away
Lawyer turned writer Nic Gabriel is intrigued when his friend Dylan Rees starts to tell him a cryptic story about the connections between several strange and sudden deaths. So he can’t resist the opportunity to meet up with his friend and hear some more. But at Dylan’s glitzy party, Nic can only watch in horror as his friend is murdered by the ex-girlfriend who had apparently committed suicide over him five years before. Stunned by the brutal attack, Nic vows to discover the meaning behind his friend’s enigmatic tale.
Meanwhile Roxanne Wake is thrilled to be starting her new job at Creed, the country’s leading human rights law firm. It is a dream opportunity for a young lawyer, but there is something worrying Roxanne and it isn’t just her lack of experience. Roxanne has got a secret, something she dare not tell her new employers - and she is determined to keep her past hidden at all costs
Take My Breath Away is a gripping psychological thriller from a master of the legal mystery. Packed full of twists and turns, this is a novel that will leave you gasping.
'A clever psychological thriller' The Sunday Telegraph
‘A satisfyingly convoluted story of the techniques of influencing people’s thoughts and actions. I might be tempted to say, ‘Don’t trust the spin-doctors’, but then I would, wouldn’t I?’ Martin Sixsmith
`The author writes with authenticity and skilfully unravels a whole clutch of mysteries’ Manchester Evening News
Praise for Martin Edwards
'It's such a pleasure to unearth a lawyer who can write in real-life language. Martin Edwards writes terrific crime novels' Marcel Berlins, The Guardian
A dark urban mystery ... the insights into contemporary society are as sharp as the dark and discursive plotting' The Times
'Harry is a likeable man with a wry sense of humour... Good entertainment with no unnecessary frill' Susanna Yager, The Sunday Teiegraph
A first rate complex thriller' The Sunday Times
'The novels successfully combine the style of the traditional English detective story with a darker noir sensibility' Crime Time

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British Pbk Original - Do Not Press (2002)

Crime in the City
The Official Anthology of The Crime Writers’ Association An outstanding collection of urban-based murder, mystery and mayhem from such masters of the genre as Ruth Rendell, John Harvey, Bill James, Val McDermid and Reginald Hill, as well as relative newcomers like Mat Coward, Carol Anne Davis, Jurgen Ehlers, Phil Lovesey and Kathryn Skoyles.
Crime in the City features 22 stories - 20 of them specially commissioned - featuring the best of current British crime writing. The `mean streets’ trodden here include those of New York, Rio de Janeiro, Moshi (Tanzania), St Petersburg, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, Cambridge and London.
Expect thrills, spills, chills and surprises galore. The mystery collection of the year.
Contributors
Andrea Badenoch
Ann Cleeves
Mat Coward
David Stuart Davies
Carol Anne Davis
Eileen Dewhurst
Martin Edwards
Jurgen Ehlers
Marjorie Eccles
Kate Ellis
John Harvey
Reginald Hill
Bill James
Peter Lewis
Phil Lovesey
Val McDermid
Ruth Rendell
Kathryn Skoyles
Cath Staincliffe
Jerry Sykes
Andrew Taylor
Foreword by Lindsey Davis

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British Pbk Original - Writer's Digest Books (2002)

Urge to Kill: How Police Take Homicide from Case to Court
What is murder? What is the typical psychological profile of a murderer? What issues challenge a homicide investigation team?
The answers to some of these questions may be simple—the answers to others will determine whether the investigation stands a chance of securing a conviction.
Urge To Kill is a complete homicide reference for the reader. You'll find out:
• what happens at the scene of a crime
• how police compile an evidence file
• the role of the coroner/medical examiner
• key questions in witness interview

Written by Martin Edwards, a leading lawyer and fiction crime writer, this essential guide is packed with relevant information, including a glossary of slang used by detectives and 30 real-life case studies.

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British Pbk Original - Countyvise Ltd (2001)

Where Do You Find Your Ideas? And Other Crime Stories
See Review by Judith Rhodes
Introduction by Reginald Hill
This book collects together the complete short fiction of Martin Edwards one of the UK's most versatile mystery writers. Eight stories feature the author's acclaimed detective Harry Devlin. There are historical mysteries, Shedockian pastiches and ten compelling stories of psychological suspense. A special feature of the book is that Martin Edwards has written a fresh introduction to each story, explaining how he came up with the idea so Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other crime stories is a treat not only for mystery fans but anyone interested in the craft of writing.
‘Martin Edwards writes terrific crime novels’ Marcel Berlins, The Guardian
‘Dark and discursive plotting’ The Times
‘First rate complex thriller’ The Sunday Times
‘Good entertainment’ Susanna Yager, The Sunday Telegraph
‘Nail-bitingly good’ Woman's Realm
‘The novels successfully combine the style of traditional English detective story with a darker noir sensibility’ Crime Time
Well written and wryly amusing’ Belfast Telegraph
‘I can't recommend the series highly enough.’ Shots
‘Highly satisfying’ Sherlock Holms: the Detective Magazine
‘Tremendous atmospherics‘ Frances Fyfield, The New Law Journal
‘Martin Edwards is up there with the masters’ Mystery Reader Journal

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First British Edition Constable (2000)

Scenes of Crime
Crime Writers' Association Anthology
Edited by Martin Edwards with a foreword by Natasha Cooper
The Crime Writers’ Association has produced an anthology nearly every year for over forty years. Each one has offered thousands of devotees of crime fiction selected short stories by established crime writers and old favourites, and by new and lesser-known talents. Entertaining, inventive and full of quality, the CWA short story anthologies demonstrate the impressive diversity of the crime genre and the skill of the writers who choose to make crime writing their art.
Edited by Martin Edwards with a foreword by the incoming chairman of the CWA, Natasha Cooper, this year’s anthology is full of accomplished tales of mystery and imagination. Contributors were asked to come up with stories based on the classic theme, the scene of the crime. Readers can choose from fifteen quite different stories from short story specialists Edward D. Hoch and Mat Coward, relative newcomers Carol Anne Davis and Alison White, bestselling authors Ruth Rendell and Ian Rankin, and CWA Diamond Dagger Award 2000 winner Peter Lovesey, as well as many more.
Each story is preceded by a short introduction, and a biographical note on the author is also provided.
Praise for previous CWA anthologies:
'Enterprising anthology... thoroughly entertaining. You get the feeling Christmas has come early.' Philip Oakes, Literary Review (of Missing Persons)

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