It started with dinner and ended with a group of crime writers swearing an oath on a skull.

Special thanks to my guest Martin Edwards. His latest novel is Mortmain Hall and he’s on Twitter as @medwardsbooks.

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Books and sources:
—The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards
—The Complete Father Brown Mysteries by G.K. Chesterton
—Conan Doyle and the Crimes Club by Stephen Wade
—The Scoop and Behind the Screen by Members of the Detection Club
—The Floating Admiral by Members of the Detection Club
—Ask a Policeman by Members of the Detection Club
—Martin Edwards’s website
—Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards
—Gallows Court by Martin Edwards
—The Sinking Admiral by Members of the Detection Club
—The Anatomy of Murder by Members of the Detection Club
—Howdunit by Members of the Detection Club

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