British Murder Mysteries - The Annie Haynes Collection

By Annie Haynes

Annie Haynes (1865-1929) was a renowned golden age mystery writer and a contemporary of Agatha Christie, another famous crime writer, which often led to her comparison with the latter, and unfavourably so. In her last years, while suffering from a "grave illness" Haynes continued to produce her mystery masterpieces (12 in total) amongst which "The Crime at Tattenham Corner" was published posthumously and "The Crystal Beads Murder" was completed by an anonymous friend. Haynes's fictions are now lauded for their quick-pace action and sustaining aura of suspense till the end. Table of Contents: The Abbey Court Murder The Blue Diamond The House in Charlton Crescent The Crow's Inn Tragedy The Man with the Dark Beard Who Killed Charmian Karslake? The Crime at Tattenham Corner The Crystal Beads Murder

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Nov 13, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547390398

Annie Haynes

Annie Haynes was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1864. With an “intense interest in crime and criminal psychology,” she once cycled to Ightham in Kent to visit the scene of Caroline Mary Luard’s 1908 murder and pushed her way into the Hilldrop Crescent home of Dr. Crippen after the remains of his wife, Corrine, were found in the cellar in 1910. Haynes also attended the doctor’s trial. Haynes’s first novel, TheBungalow Mystery, was published by Agatha Christie’s publisher, The Bodley Head, in 1923. Haynes and Christie were the only two female authors to be published by the imprint. Eleven more novels followed, the last two being published posthumously.