Included in The Washington Post’s ‘Top Fiction Books for 2014’ List Publisher’s Weekly called Derek Smith’s Whistle Up The Devil “one of the most intelligent and crafty impossible murder novels of all time”, and The Washington Post called Come to Paddington Fair “a masterpiece”. This omnibus edition includes both novels, plus the Sexton Blake novella Model for Murder — a well-constructed thriller with an ingenious locked room puzzle — and the unpublished non-impossible short story ‘The Perfect Crime’. Introduced by noted locked room expert Bob Adey, who knew Derek well, it also includes a mass of illuminating background material about this little-known Golden Age writer who deserves a much wider audience.
Originally Published | Original Language | Translated |
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Various | English | N/A |
Reviews and Accolades
Publishers Weekly – July 2014
The Washington Post – August 2014
The Washington Post Top Fiction Books of 2014
Reviews for Model for Murder
The Invisible Event – August 2017
Moonlight Detective – March 2018
Publishers Weekly – July 2014
The Washington Post – August 2014
The Washington Post Top Fiction Books of 2014
Reviews for Model for Murder
The Invisible Event – August 2017
Moonlight Detective – March 2018