John Sutherland

No sex, please, in the Detection Club

The Golden Age of crime writing is over and all the great fictional detectives are gone. Call it Inspector Lestrade’s revenge, says John Sutherland

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issue 16 May 2015

  • The Golden Age of Murder

    Martin Edwards

    Harper Collins, pp. 482

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