The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction.
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Martin Edwards has also unearthed hidden gems and forgotten masterpieces: among them are a fine send-up of the country house murder; a suspenseful tale by the unaccountably neglected Ethel Lina White; and a story by the little-known Scottish writer J.
J.
Chesterton.
Many distinguished writers are represented in this collection, including such great names of the genre as Anthony Berkeley, Nicholas Blake and G.
K.
In the more sinister tales featured here, a gloomy mansion set in lonely grounds offers an eerie backdrop for dark deeds.
It includes fascinating and unfamiliar twists on the classic \'closed circle\' plot, in which the assorted guests at a country house party become suspects when a crime is committed.
This new collection gathers together stories written over a span of about 65 years, during which British society, and life in country houses, was transformed out of all recognition.
The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction
