The Murder Game: Play, Puzzles and The Golden AgeFrom The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to Magpie Murders, and related diversions including cryptic crosswords and Cains Jawbone, The Murder Game examines the games authors played with their readers and the importance of puzzles in Golden Age whodunits. With books flourishing in the 1920s and 30s like never before, no genre was more innovative or popular than detective fiction. It was an era that saw the emergence of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, John

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