100 must-read crime novels

This book is a guide to some of the finest crime novels ever published. With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended, you'll quickly become an expert on the world of crime fiction. Inside you'll find: an extended introduction to the genre, background and history; 100 titles highlighted A-Z by author, with 500 'read-on' recommendations; 'read on a theme' categories; and lists of major award winners in the genre.

Writing under the pseudonym of Edmund Crispin, he produced some of the most
enjoyable English crime fiction of the 1940s ... to the solution of crossword
puzzles - he created one of the most memorable and likeable of all academic
sleuths.