Category Archives: Martin Edwards

Martin Edwards, Take My Breath Away (ebook)

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

The British writer Martin Edwards is an old blog friend, and he belongs to the small circle of writers I have met in real life. His crime novel, Take My Breath Away, was first published in 2002, and I wrote … Continue reading →

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>Martin Edwards, Take My Breath Away (2002)

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This British legal mystery is a stand-alone which will be published in the USA in July. It is set in London. “The dead woman smiled. So far, so good.” Nic Gabriel, the writer of a true crime story about … Continue reading →

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>Two-Sentence Tuesday

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Here is a teaser from my current read. It is far from the first time I am reading a novel by the British writer Martin Edwards, and I know you will enjoy the first two sentences as much as I … Continue reading →

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>Martin Edwards, The Hanging Wood (2011)

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press (a  NetGalley review copy). The fifth Lake District Mystery, featuring DI Hannah Scarlett and historian Daniel Kind – to be published soon in the UK. “I must talk to Hannah Scarlett, it´s a matter of … Continue reading →

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>Martin Edwards, Yesterday´s Papers (1994)

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This mystery is the fourth in the British series about Liverpool lawyer Harry Devlin. I have not read the first books, but the writer sent me this one as a pleasant (and signed) surprise! The plot of this one … Continue reading →

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>Martin Edwards, The Serpent Pool (2010)

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>This British crime novel is the fourth Hannah Scarlett and Daniel Kind story. As indicated in my bait quotation, the story begins when affluent George Saffell is trapped in a fire together with his beloved collection of books. A few … Continue reading →

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>Martin Edwards, Waterloo Sunset (2008)

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>This novel is the eighth in the series about Harry Devlin, lawyer in Liverpool, who does not really feel comfortable in his brand-new office. That someone sends him his own obituary does not exactly make anything better. “In Memory. Harry … Continue reading →

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>E for Egholm and Edwards

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>For this week´s alphabet meme I should like to draw attention to a Danish crime writer, Elsebeth Egholm. Unfortunately, her very fine series about the journalist Dicte Svendsen has not been translated into English yet. They are published in Germany, … Continue reading →

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>Martin Edwards, The Arsenic Labyrinth (2007)

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[Denne serie er desværre ikke oversat til dansk] ”You´d never believe it to look at me now, but once upon a time I killed a man.” In this third novel about DCI Hannah Scarlett, head of the Cold Case Review … Continue reading →

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>Martin Edwards, The Cipher Garden (2005)

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[Denne krimi er desværre ikke oversat til dansk] Martin Edwards on the theme ´Crime for All´. Review of The Coffin Trail. “For so many years, to hold the scythe in his hand had made him feel strong. Powerful. The blade … Continue reading →

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