Books like Deadly pleasures by Martin Edwards

A collection of twelve short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, first published in The Strand Magazine (1891‑92) and compiled in 1892.

When Belgian detective Hercule Poirot returns to the English village of King's Abbot, he confronts the murder of industrialist Roger Ackroyd, unraveling a web of family secrets and hidden motives that reveal the culprit was nobody he expected.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective tale follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the legend of an undead hound on Dartmoor, revealing secrets that threaten a family’s legacy.

On a luxury Nile cruise, the glamorous Linnet Ridgeway is found murdered, and intrepid detective Hercule Poirot must uncover the truth amid intrigue, secrets, and false leads.

‘Poirot Investigates’ is a classic Agatha Christie mystery short story featuring detective Hercule Poirot in a whodunnit set in England.

Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of Dublin Murder Squad but is called back to solve a murder that looks almost identical to her past self.

At the seaside town of Crowdean, typist Sheila Webb discovers a corpse surrounded by five clocks at 19 Wilbraham Crescent, a place she was never meant to visit. When the blind owner, Mrs. Pebmarsh, denies any connection, the mystery deepens, compelling intellectual Gordon “Colin” Lamb to turn to the famed detective Hercule Poirot for help.

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A.J. Raffles, a dashing gentleman thief of late Victorian England, captivates with his jewel heists and cunning escapes, assisted by loyal friend Bunny Manders.

A detective must untangle a baffling murder case in which an amnesiac doctor discovers his pivotal alibi, while the convicted killer’s wrongful trial leaves the truth hidden and the danger still looming.

A scholarly investigation into how Agatha Christie and her peers in the Detection Club reshaped crime fiction, intertwining literary analysis with biographical insight.

A locked‑room mystery where a woman’s presumed suicide is questioned by Poirot, who suspects murder and investigates the contradictions of the scene.

Contents: Margery Allingham “One Morning They’ll Hang Him” Eric Ambler “The Blood Bargain” Robert Barnard “Everybody’s Girl” Leslie Charteris “The Mystery Of The Child’s Toy” John Creasey “The Chief Witness” Lionel Davidson “Indian Rope Trick” Lindsey Davis “Something Spooky On Geophys” Colin Dexter “The Double Crossing” Dick Francis “The Gift” Antonia Fraser “The Twist” Michael Gilbert “Judith” Cyril Hare “Name Of Smith” Reginald Hill “The Game Of Dog” H R F Keating “The Hound Of The Hanging Gardens” Peter Lovesey “The Man Who Jumped For England” Ed McBain “The Interview” Val McDermid “The Consolation Blonde” Sara Paretsky “At The ‘Century Of Progress’” Ellis Peters “Guilt of Doom” Ian Rankin “Tell Me Who To Kill” Ruth Rendell “When The Wedding Was Over” Julian Symons “The Tigers Of Subtopia” Margaret Yorke “Mugs”

Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the 'golden age of murder' between the two world wars. But the tradition goes back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and impossible crime stories have been written by such luminaries as Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham. This anthology celebrates their work, alongside long-hidden gems by less familiar writers. Together these stories demonstrate the range and high accomplishment of the classic British impossible crime story over more than half a century.