Martin is one of Britain’s leading authors of short crime fiction. He won the inauguaral CWA Margery Allingham Prize, after a national competition, for his story ‘Acknowledgments.” He won the CWA Dagger for best short story of the year with ‘The Bookbinder’s Apprentice’, while ‘Test Drive’, ‘Murder and its Motives’ and ‘Strangers in a Pub’ have all been short-listed for the same CWA Dagger. His stories have often been included in collections of the year’s best short crime stories in Britain and the US, and they have been translated into many languages.
The New Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes collects his acclaimed Sherlockian pastiches, and special features in this ebook include an introduction by expert Sherlockian David Stuart Davies, who says: ‘One only has to read a few pages to realise that Martin Edwards has not only caught the style and quality of the originals, but the characters speak with Doylean voices. In short, Martin Edwards knows his Holmes, and he puts that knowledge to great effect in this set of cases…all the tales presented here are finely constructed mysteries in which Holmes is able to demonstrate his brilliance as a detective.’
Where Do You Find Your Ideas? and other stories collects Martin’s earlier stories, and is introduced by Reginald Hill, creator of Dalziel and Pascoe, who said: ‘The crime writer, especially in the short story, must not only comprehend causes, but also have the art to conceal them, at least until the last page. In this collection Martin Edwards again and again proves he is a true crime writer. I congratulate him.’ The stories marked with an asterisk below are included in Where Do You Find Your Ideas?
| Harry Devlin Stories | Sherlockian Stories |
| It’s Impossible* The Boxer* When I’m Dead and Gone* Never Walk Alone* I Say a Little Prayer* My Ship Is Coming In* With a Little Help From My Friends* A House Is Not a Home* | The Case Of The Eccentric Testatrix The Case Of The Suicidal Lawyer* The Case Of The Persecuted Accountant* The Case Of The Sentimental Tobacconist The Case Of The Impoverished Landlady The Case Of The Musical Butler The Case of The Choleric Cotton Broker Blue Serge (Moriarty) The Observance of Trifles (contemporary) |
| Psychological Suspense | History Mysteries |
| Are You Sitting Comfortably?* Act Of Kindness* A Job For Life* Where Do You Find Your Ideas?* Diminshed Responsibility* Wish You Weren’t Here* Neighbours* Penalty* A Stolen Life* Waiting for Godstow* Mind Stalker Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa Sunset City Melusine Test Drive The People Outside InDex The Bookbinder’s Apprentice Bedside Manners Clutter Squeaky No Flowers The Killing of Captain Hastings A Glimpse of Hell Acknowledgments Consuming Passion Lucky Liam Through the Mist Bad Friday Catch of the Day The Repentance Wood The Girl on the Bandwagon Murder and its Motives Farewell Cruise Strangers in a Pub The Other Life The Traitor (novella) The Crazy Cries of Love The Woman Who Never Was No Peace for the Wicked Darling Lorraine The Outsider | Serpent’s Tooth* Corpse Candle* To Encourage Others* Natural Causes* The Mind Of The Master* War Rations* The Basement* The Mystery of Canute Villa The Witching Hour The House Of The Red Candle The Restless Dead Mr Halkett’s Hobby The Sound of Secrecy The Locked Cabin Respect and Respectability The Dumb Waiter |