BOOKS Q&A: Martin Edwards

Martin is a prolific author whose crime novels include the Harry Devlin series and the Lake District mysteries. He  has also edited numerous anthologies. He is a former 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.. 

Name a book that . . .  

 . . . inspired you as a child

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

. . . inspires you now

A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine

. . . surprised you

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 

. . . makes you cry 

Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton 

. . . makes you laugh 

Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse 

. . . makes you think until your head hurts

The Trial by Franz Kafka 

. . . you’ve always meant to read but never quite got around to 

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.  

. . . you couldn’t finish 

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce 

. . . you recommend to others 

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 

. . . made you miss your bus/tram/train stop 

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow