The Lake District Mysteries are a series of detective novels by British crime writer
Martin Edwards
Charles Martin Edwards (born 24 July 1945) is the former chairman of Manchester United F.C., Manchester United, a position he held from 1980 until 2002. He now holds the position of honorary life president at the club and Director of Inview Tech ...
. The books feature Hannah Scarlett and the historian Daniel Kind, and are the first series of crime novels by a British detective novelist to be set in the
Lake District
The Lake District, also known as ''the Lakes'' or ''Lakeland'', is a mountainous region and National parks of the United Kingdom, national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and mou ...
, a region in
North-West England
North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,4 ...
.
The first book in the series, ''The Coffin Trail'', was one of six books shortlisted for the
Theakston’s Old Peculier Award for best crime novel of 2006, and each of the novels has received outstanding reviews.
[
] The books are published by
Allison & Busby
Allison & Busby (A & B) is a publishing house based in London established by Clive Allison and Margaret Busby in 1967. The company has built up a reputation as a leading independent publisher.
Background
Launching as a publishing company in Ma ...
in the UK, by
Poisoned Pen Press
Poisoned Pen Press is a publisher of mystery fiction based in Scottsdale, Arizona, US. Poisoned Pen Press typically publishes thirty-six new hardcover mysteries per year, thirty-six new large type editions of those hardcovers, and between thirty a ...
in the US, and by Luebbe in Germany.
Novels
*''The Coffin Trail'' (2004)
*''The Cipher Garden'' (2006)
*''The Arsenic Labyrinth'' (2007)
*''The Serpent Pool'' (2010)
*''The Hanging Wood'' (2011)
*''The Frozen Shroud'' (2013)
*''The Dungeon House'' (2015)
*''The Crooked Shore (aka The Girl They All Forgot)'' (2021)
Characters
Daniel Kind
Daniel is a historian with a personal and professional interest in the work of detectives who has abandoned a highly successful career following the suicide of his partner. During the course of the Lake District Mysteries, Daniel comes to know Detective Chief Inspector Hannah Scarlett and gradually a relationship develops between them.
Daniel first appeared in ''The Coffin Trail''.
Hannah Scarlett
She is a Detective Chief Inspector in the Cumbria Constabulary and heads the Cold Case Review Team.
Hannah first appeared in ''The Coffin Trail''. She lives with bookseller Marc Amos, but during the course of the Lake District Mysteries she becomes increasingly drawn to the historian, Daniel Kind, son of the veteran police officer who was her mentor in the early years of her career in the police.
References
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External links
Martin Edwards Books.com– Official website
British detective novels
Crime novel series
21st-century British novels