Metropolitan Mysteries

A Casebook of London's Detectives

By: Martin Edwards

Narrated by: John Telfer

The streets of London have been home to many great detectives since the days of Sherlock Holmes and Watson, with some of the best authors in the genre taking to the short story form to pit their sleuths against crimes ranging from murders on the Tube to heists from the capital's finest jewellers.

Featuring a roster of Scotland Yard's meticulous best, a cohort of daring doctors and a cadre of characterful private investigators, this new selection by Martin Edwards includes 18 vintage mystery stories which showcase the city's most compelling classic cases.

With contributions by Margery Allingham, John Dickson Carr and Dorothy L. Sayers along with rare finds by Raymond Postgate, J. Jefferson Farjeon and many more, this anthology invites you to join some of the greatest detectives ever written on their perilous trail through London's darker underside.

©2024 Martin Edwards (P)2025 Soundings

A fun collection

This is an entertaining batch of mysteries, some familiar, some unfamiliar ones by well-known authors, some entirely new to me. It’s a strong group - I’d say there wasn’t a dud in the whole collection and some are top-notch. I was really sorry to realize it was over at the end of the last story!