I received this ARC via Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press, in return for an honest review. This is a Golden Age mystery short-story compilation, set in or around books. The sixteen stories also include brief biographies of the authors. Many are still well-known, like Ngaio Marsh’s Roderick Alleyn, but some have fallen away from the reading public’s awareness. For mystery & short story lover’s, this is a fascinating look at the evolution of the mystery in its heyday.

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Save this one to read again. Murder, mystery, thrills, suspense.

A wonderful anthology of sixteen short stories by authors from the Golden Age of Crime, and all pertaining to books. Can’t get better than that. Martin Edwards once again provides the foreword and each story has an initial preface about the author, which is often as enjoyable as the story. If you haven’t read one of these short story anthologies in the British Crime Classics series I highly recommend you do. Authors include widely known Gladys Mitchell, Ngaio Marsh, and Michael Innes to lesser known, yet just as talented S.C. Roberts and Marjorie Bremner. An excellent read.

This book is a keeper...one to reread. It was sent to me by Netgalley for review. Murder and mayhem...intrigue...surprises...characters who are likable and some not so much...Try this...enjoy...