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Vintage Crime: from the Crime Writers’ Association (Fiction Without Frontiers) Hardcover – 11 Aug. 2020

by Martin Edwards (Editor)

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Vintage Crime is a CWA anthology with a difference, celebrating members’ work over the years. The book will gather stories from the mid-1950s until the twenty-first century by great names of the past, great names of the present together with a few hidden treasures by less familiar writers. The first CWA anthology, Butcher’s Dozen, appeared in 1956, and was co-edited by Julian Symons, Michael Gilbert, and Josephine Bell. The anthology has been edited by Martin Edwards since 1996, and has yielded many award-winning and nominated stories in the UK and overseas.

This new edition includes an array of incredible and award-winning authors: Robert Barnard, Simon Brett, Liza Cody, Mat Coward, John Dickson Carr, Marjorie Eccles, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Anthea Fraser, Celia Fremlin, Frances Fyfield, Michael Gilbert, Paula Gosling, Lesley Grant-Adamson, HRF Keating, Bill Knox, Peter Lovesey, Mick Herron, Michael Z. Lewin, Susan Moody, Julian Symons and Andrew Taylor.

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320 pages
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English
Publisher

FLAME TREE PRESS
Publication date

11 Aug. 2020
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15.24 x 2.79 x 22.86 cm
ISBN-10

1787585484
ISBN-13

978-1787585485
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Publisher : FLAME TREE PRESS; New edition (11 Aug. 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1787585484
ISBN-13 : 978-1787585485
Dimensions : 15.24 x 2.79 x 22.86 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 1,564,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'For more than sixty years, the CWA has done more for British crime writing than any other organisation.' -- Andrew Taylor, award-winning author of The American Boy and recipient of the 2009 CWA Diamond Dagger

"A book that should provide hours of entertainment and discovery for fans of mysteries and especially those with British roots and overtones."

"There is something for everyone within this anthology with the stories spanning a variety of time periods and types of crime." -- The Nerdy Girl Express

“Excellently put together, and overall an enjoyable reader that shows many different styles which keeps the genre well and truly alive.”

About the Author

Martin Edwards (editor) is the author of eighteen novels, including the Lake District Mysteries, and the Harry Devlin series. His ground-breaking genre study The Golden Age of Murder has won the Edgar, Agatha, and H.R.F. Keating awards. He has edited twenty eight crime anthologies, has won the CWA Short Story Dagger and the CWA Margery Allingham Prize, and is series consultant for the British Library’s Crime Classics.

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Mrs G

A Festive Good Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2020

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10 stories by different well-known crime writers including Sayers, Conan Doyle and Allingham, ideal to dip into, and set around Christmas-time- which should be festive, but not here!

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Julie

An eclectic collection of stories spanning decades

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 August 2020

Vintage Crime is an eclectic collection of 22 short stories celebrating some of the most illustrious names in crime fiction who were members of the Crime Writers Association from the 1950s until the twenty-first century. A collection that spans decades and that beautifully illustrates the genre’s range and variety, there is something for everyone to enjoy in Vintage Crime.

From stories about domestic strife to tales of dark desire and grief and despair, Vintage Crime features writers from the last century who were immensely popular, but who fell out of favour due to changing reading fashions and new trends, such as Michael Gilbert, John Dickson Carr and Julian Symons. Reading their stories clearly showed just how the genre has changed and how they set the groundwork for many of the conventions and rules that have become so synonymous with the crime genre.

However, for me, my favourite stories were the ones by modern writers. I’ve long enjoyed Simon Brett’s traditional British mysteries, such as the Charles Paris series and the Fethering Mysteries. When I found out that he was a contributor to this collection, I found myself turning to his story The Nuggy Bar first and absolutely loving it. It had all the humour, red herrings, surprises and wit which are perennially present in his most popular series. I also really enjoyed Martin Edwards’ unsettling and intriguing Melusine and will be looking out for more titles by Andrew Taylor after being totally gripped by his contribution, The Woman Who Loved Elizabeth David.

Vintage Crime is a brilliant collection that is perfect for crime fiction fans who want to discover new favourites, revisit old luminaries of the genre and see how the genre has evolved through the years while continuing to remain truthful to its established traditions. But be warned: you will be so gripped by some of these stories that you will find yourself adding more authors to your ever-growing auto-buy list.

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Not For Me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2020

Usually I love this type of book, the chance to read short crime stories rather than a long, sometimes complicated full length thriller. This time however, it was a bit of a struggle with only one or two of the entries holding my attention.

In some of the stories the language grates a little but, other than that, there weren't any obvious problems with the writing it just felt as if I was missing something with this book. Hopefully others will enjoy it but, unfortunately, it wasn't for me.

I was able to read an advanced copy of this book thanks to NetGalley and the publishers in exchange for an unbiased review but can't personally recommend it.

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SezzThomas

A great mix of crime fiction from classic to contemporary writers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2020

This book suited me just fine at the moment. Struggling to 'get into' a novel and for it to hold my attention, this set of short stories, and some are very short, that I could dip in and out of, as and when I felt like it, was perfect. There is such an array of different stories here too.

What I liked about this anthology was how it took stories from authors right across the years. Now I love some vintage classic crime, but there are also some really enjoyable short stories from contemporary authors such as Mick Herron, Kate Ellis and Simon Brett, which really makes this book one for every crime fiction lover.

Stories from spies in Trafalgar Square to foot and mouth English countryside. From London to Liverpool and England to Egypt. It was great to pick a story not knowing where it was going to take you.

Although the dates of the stories can be found in the sources section at the back of the book, and the stories follow each other in date order, I liked that they were not dated in the contents section, so that I wasn't totally aware of the 'when' that I was about to read.

A great mix from some award winning writers.

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I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Sleep well and don't have nightmares!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2020

As soon as I saw Andrew Taylor's name on the list I just knew I had to read this anthology. His short story The Woman Who Loved Elizabeth David is as good as I would expect from one of my favourite all time writers. Because he is quite local to me I get all excited when he mentions Cheltenham and The Everyman Theatre!

However my favourite story has to be The Nuggy Bar by Simon Brett. I love the pedantry of the main character as he plots to kill his step-daughter in order to claim her inheritance after her mum dies. He treats her murder like managing and marketing a new product at work, but with added dark humour and repetition eg GLISS HANDY MOPPITS (IDEAL FOR THE KITCHEN, NURSERY OR HANDBAG) which is repeated in full over and over. It reminds me of a short story I wrote about 10 years ago called Double Bill (I'm not boasting here though it is available on Kindle!!) - it just uses the same device of repeating things for effect. I kept thinking 'did I write this?' Ha ha I wish.

Some of the stories such as Inspector Ghote and the Noted British Author by HRF Keating are quite strange. It was written in 1985. I would have guessed it was much earlier. But I do like the one about the painting of a murder - Interior with Corpse by Peter Lovesey - and the references to Walter Sickert who was once thought to be Jack the Ripper as he painted exact scenes from the gory murders of prostitutes. I also loved Top Deck by Kate Ellis in which budding policeman Keith thinks he sees a murder from the top deck of the bus. Cold and Deep by Frances Fyfield is very sinister, while Melusine by Martin Edwards gripped me to the end, but was also very unnerving and the descriptions of the foot and mouth incident brought back horrible memories and scenes of burning dead cows on TV.

These are just a few of the 22 stories. They are not necessarily the best. Just my own personal favourites (or not in the case of Inspector Ghote ...). Many are very different from the murder mysteries and psychological thrillers we are so obsessed with today and move at a slower pace. No instant gratification in the fifties and sixties. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Sleep well and don't have nightmares!

Many thanks to @annecater for letting me be part of #RandomThingsTours and to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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