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Alright, I finished putting together the last of the "other books mentioned" lists yesterday, so the above listing of links is now complete.
Specific titles referenced repeatedly by Edwards only appear on the list for the chapter where they are mentioned for the very
first time -- if I'd likewise included them repeatedly, the lists would have become even more monstrous than they already are anyway.
That said, my "other books mentioned" lists do go beyond the mystery titles expressly referenced by Edwards in four distinct respects:
(1) Quite frequently, Edwards only mentions an
author or a series protagonist; e.g. E.W. Hornung or his "gentleman thief", Raffles, but not a specific book title. Wherever he does this and I knew or could devine the reference, I've included a book to represent that reference -- typically either an omnibus volume or the first book of the series; if neither of these was available, a particularly well-known installment of the series (or failing even that, a book that at least still seemed reasonably easily available).
(2) On occasion, Edwards references
TV series, e.g.
Midsomer Murders,
CSI and
Columbo. On those (rare) occasions, I've included books associated with the series to represent those references.
(3) Similarly and somewhat more frequently, Edwards references certain
real life crime cases that inspired crime fiction writing -- Jack the Ripper of course, but also Dr. Crippen, the Ratcliffe Highway murders, and other cases. For the most prominent of those cases, I have included nonfiction / true crime books providing background information.
(4) And lastly, while (so far [cough]) I've refrained from reproducing Edwards's complete bibliography, I
have included those
nonfiction books to which Edwards himself repeatedly refers, such as Julian Symons's
Bloody Murder.
(Note to those who have already downloaded the whole contents of one list or another on an earlier occasion: I've added a few more books to the first "other books mentioned" lists I created, because some of the above-mentioned "extra" entries only started to make sense to me when I was halfway done with the lot, so in case you're interested in the additions, you may want to go back and double check whether or not you want to download those as well.)
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