Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards was born in Knutsford, Cheshire and educated in Northwich and at Balliol College, Oxford University, taking a first class honours degree in law. He trained as a solicitor in Leeds and moved to Liverpool on qualifying. He published his first legal article at the age of 25 and his first book, about legal aspects of buying a business computer at 27, before a career as an equity partner of a law firm, where he is now a consultant. He is married to Helena with two children (Jonathan and Catherine) and lives in Lymm.
A member of the Murder Squad collective of crime writers, Martin is vice chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and in 2015 he was elected eighth president of the Detection Club. He is also archivist of the CWA and of the Detection Club.
Books by Martin Edwards
DCI Hannah Scarlett joins forces again with historian Daniel Kind to investigate a third killing – all following the same MO and spread over a hundred years – in a small and isolated community on the shores of Ullswater, reputedly haunted by the ghost of the first victim.
Reviewed on 04 April 2015 by John Cleal
