The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories: A Mystery Anthology (British Library Crime Classics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492699624 ISBN 13: 9781492699620

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2020

Synopsis

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

The detective's role is simple: to catch the culprit. Yet behind each casual observation lies a learned mind, trained on finding the key to the mystery. Crimes, whatever their form, are often best solved through deliberations of logic―preferably amid complicated gadgetry and a pile of hefty scientific volumes.

The detectives in this collection are masters of scientific deduction, whether they are identifying the perpetrator from a single scrap of fabric, or picking out the poison from a sinister line-up. Containing stories by R. Austin Freeman, J. J. Connington and the master of logical reasoning, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Measure of Malice collects tales of rational thinking to prove the power of the human brain over villainous deeds.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Edwards is an award-winning crime writer best known for two series of novels set in Liverpool and the Lake District. He is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics, the Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association, and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015 to international acclaim, and has been nominated for both the Edgar and Agatha awards for the year's best book about the genre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1492699624
• ISBN 13: 9781492699620
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Edwards Martin