The Life of Crime Discworld and mundane things that make

and mundane things that make the modern world

why happiness comes so easily to some while frustrations weigh more heavily on others

When she becomes pregnant

and an afterword by Carson's biographer Linda Lear

Part of Polygon's DARKLAND TALES series

The Life of Crime Discworld and mundane things that makeNow revised and expanded for its first paperback publication, The Life of Crime was the winner of four major prizes for the best critical biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H. R. F. Keating Awards; and was shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger AwardsIn this groundbreaking history of crime fiction, acclaimed expert Martin Edwards traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the