Overview
""If you haven't yet discovered Martin Edwards' books, you are in for a treat...I am a huge fan!"" -- Louise Penny ""I want you to solve my murder,"" said the woman in white. Rachel Savernake gave a sardonic smile. ""Quite a challenge."" The woman in white--surreal artist Damaris Gethin--has invited a select group to the opening of her exhibit ""Artist in Crime,"" held in the eerie subterranean Hades Gallery. As costumed models reenact famously violent deaths, the artist herself portrays Marie Antoinette on the day of her execution, complete with a guillotine on the stage. It's not a prop; within ten minutes of Rachel's promise to solve Damaris's future murder, the artist slips her neck into the collar of the device and the very real blade sends her head rolling at the feet of her horrified audience. As everyone reels from the shock, Rachel quickly learns that Damaris herself accomplished the deed with the push of a button--a suicide. So then why did she ask Rachel to solve her ""murder?"" Keen for the hunt, Rachel begins sniffing around the other invited guests, including a former lover with shady financial dealings, his widowed sister-in-law, and her has-been songwriter friend. Meanwhile, crime reporter Jacob Flint--also in attendance, in hopes of meeting celebrated French beauty Kiki de Villiers, allows his fascination with her to endanger his own life when a ruthless gangster returns to London, looking to take back what's his. Equal parts thriller and whodunit, THE HOUSE ON GRAVEYARD LANE leads Rachel and Jacob into a viper's pit of suspects, each sneakier and more venomous than the last.
Full Product Details
Author: Martin Edwards
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Imprint: Sourcebooks
Volume: 4
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9781728297989
ISBN 10: 1728297982
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""A veritable anthology of whodunit and thriller tropes"" -- Kirkus Reviews ""If you haven't yet discovered Martin Edwards' books, you are in for a treat. His books are wonderful, filled with compelling characters, smart plots, great writing. I am a huge fan!"" -- Louise Penny"
""A veritable anthology of whodunit and thriller tropes"" -- Kirkus Reviews ""If you haven't yet discovered Martin Edwards' books, you are in for a treat. His books are wonderful, filled with compelling characters, smart plots, great writing. I am a huge fan!"" -- Louise Penny
"""If you haven't yet discovered Martin Edwards' books, you are in for a treat. His books are wonderful, filled with compelling characters, smart plots, great writing. I am a huge fan!"" -- Louise Penny"
Author Information
Martin Edwards has been described by Richard Osman as 'a true master of British crime writing.' His novels include the eight Lake District Mysteries and four books featuring Rachel Savernake, including the Dagger-nominated The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge. He is also the author of two multi-award-winning histories of crime fiction, The Life of Crime and The Golden Age of Murder. He has received three Daggers, including the CWA Diamond Dagger (the highest honour in UK crime writing) and two Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America. He has received four lifetime achievement awards: for his fiction, short fiction, non-fiction, and scholarship. He is consultant to the British Library's Crime Classics and since 2015 has been President of the Detection Club.
