As If By Magic: Locked-Room Mysteries and Other Miraculous Crimes

Martin Edwards (editor), John Dickson Carr (author), Carter Dickson (author), E.C. Bentley (author), Will Scott (author), Margery Allingham (author), Vincent Cornier (author), Christianna Brand (author), Michael Gilbert (author), Anthony Wynne (author), Hal Pink (author)

Paperback Published on: 10/09/2025

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Synopsis

Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-lovers sought more cerebral entertainment. Following on from Miraculous Mysteries, CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards brings together a whole new casebook of mystifying locked room mysteries and impossible crimes. Featuring more great stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons and Margery Allingham alongside newly rediscovered writers, this selection of stories will bring you more insight into one of the most celebrated and dazzling sub-genres of detective fiction.