“…the misery, the tragedy, of old age…” #blcc

I’ve been a keen reader of the British Library Crime Classics series since they first started reissuing Golden Age Crime back in 2012, and it’s been fascinating to watch the development of the imprint over the years. In the early days, the releases did seem to be more straightforward stories from the era of the country house murder and the like, and I believe the books really took off in 2014 with “Mystery in White” by J Jefferson Farjeon. However, the range of the books has expanded, with some reissues being of titles which are much more modern, with recent anthologies even moving into the 21st century! Pleasingly, the kind of mystery featured has become broader: the darkness of John Dickson Carr’s stories, for examples, and titles which delve more into the psychological element behind a crime, rather than just providing a puzzle to solve. A recent release moves in an interesting direction, steering towards toxic relationships and domestic noir, and it’s a gripping read: “The Party…