The Golden Age of Detective Fiction is usually defined by the interwar period, with most books written in the 1920s and 1930s.
The formation of The Detection Club falls into this era, and whodunnits, locked-room mysteries, and books inviting the reader to solve the puzzle alongside the detective became very popular. Agatha Christie remains the world's bestselling author to this day, and the popularity of many of her contemporaries is evident in the many re-issues of golden age titles in recent years.
The recently published fully revised and expanded edition of Martin Edwards' The Golden Age of Murder is a must-have for all fans of this era.
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