Agatha Christie and the truth about detective fiction's Golden Age
There was no shortage of left-wing authors of Golden Age detective fiction
Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards is a crime writer. His latest book The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators is out now
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Agatha Christie and the truth about detective fiction's Golden Age
A hundred years ago, the Golden Age of detective fiction was taking off. In the years that followed, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and their contemporaries wrote classics that still delight readers today. But the great crime books of the inter-war years – and the politics of the people who wrote them – have long
