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|author=Martin Edwards (editor)
|title=Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics)
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime (Historical)
|summary=I'm not big on short stories, but two factors nudged me towards this book. Firstly, it's broadly golden age crime, one of my weaknesses and secondly, the editor is [[:Category:Martin Edwards|Martin Edwards]], a man whose knowledge of golden age crime is probably unsurpassed and he's done us proud, not only with his selection, but with the half-page biographies of the writers, which precede each story. There's just enough there to allow you to place the author and to direct you to other works if you're tempted. It's an elegant selection, from the well known and the less well known, all set in and around the country house.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0712309934</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Eoin Colfer (editor)
|summary=With ''The Princess and the Pea'', ''The Ugly Duckling'', ''The Tinderbox'', ''The Little Match Girl'', ''The Emperor's New Clothes'', ''The Tin Soldier'', ''The Swineherd'', ''The Nightingale'' and ''The Little Mermaid'', this is a must-have compendium of classic fairy tales. You can't really go wrong with Hans Christian Andersen's best, can you? Martin Waddell and Emma Chichester Clark have not just churned out the old classics, but they've given them an amazing freshness and vibrancy.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169380</amazonuk>
}}
