British Golden Age Detective Novels
Mar. 26th, 2022 06:02 pmI am fond of golden age detective novels, written in an age that writers were building and playing with rules. Besides famous writers like Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, G. K. Chesterton, Josephine Tey, there are many good writers and interesting works.
![]() The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy, the pioneer of armchair detective genre | ![]() Heir Presumptive by Henry Wade: a witty inverted mystery written in 1935 | ![]() The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins: A lesser known work with the heroine determined to prove her husband's innocence of his previous wife's death |
![]() The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin: a comedic detective novel that breaks the fourth wall | ![]() Trent's Last Case by E. C. Bentley: a self aware trope subversion | ![]() The Lodger by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes: The pioneer of psychological suspense. Adapted by Hitchcock |
![]() The Wheel Spins(aka The Lady Vanishes)by Ethel Lina White: Someone is missing on a travelling train, or is her? Adapted by Hitchcock | Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung: slashy gentleman thief and his buddy | ![]() The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley: a murder that is solved six times |