Detection Club

Il Detection Club è un club inglese di famosi scrittori di romanzi polizieschi come, ad esempio, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Henry Wade, Anthony Berkeley, Gladys Mitchell e John Dickson Carr.^[1]

Presidenti

G. K. Chesterton (1930 – 1936)
E.C. Bentley (1936 – 1949)
Dorothy L. Sayers (1949 – 1957)
Agatha Christie (1957 – 1976)
- Lord Gorell condivise la presidenza con Agatha Christie, la quale accettò di assumere l'incarico solo se fosse stato nominato un co-presidente per dirigere i lavori del club.^[2]
Julian Symons (1976 – 1985)^[3]
H. R. F. Keating (1985 – 2000)
Simon Brett (2000 – 2015)
Martin Edwards (2015 – in carica)^[4]

Opere

N.	Anno originale (anno italiano)	Titolo originale (titolo italiano, collana)	Scrittori
1	1930 (1987)	Behind The Screen (Il paravento, Il Giallo Mondadori numero 2521)	Edmund C. Bentley Anthony Berkeley Agatha Christie Fr. Ronald Knox Dorothy L. Sayers Hugh Walpole
2	1931 (1987)	The Scoop (Lo scoop, Il Giallo Mondadori numero 2521)	Edmund C. Bentley Anthony Berkeley Agatha Christie Freeman Wills Crofts Clemence Dane Dorothy L. Sayers
3	1931 (1983)	The Floating Admiral (L'ammiraglio alla deriva, Il Giallo Mondadori numero 1781)	Anthony Berkeley Gilbert Keith Chesterton Agatha Christie G.D.H. & M. Cole Freeman Wills Crofts Clemence Dane Edgar Jepson Milward Kennedy Fr. Ronald Knox John Rhode Dorothy L. Sayers Henry Wade Victor Whitechurch
4	1933 (2009)	Ask A Policeman (Chi è il colpevole?, I Bassotti, Polillo Editore)	Anthony Berkeley Milward Kennedy Gladys Mitchell John Rhode Dorothy L. Sayers Helen Simpson
5	1936 (1947)	Six Against The Yard (Sei delitti immaginari, Il Giallo Mondadori numero 33)	Margery Allingham Anthony Berkeley Freeman Wills Crofts Fr. Ronald Knox Dorothy L. Sayers Russell ThorndIke
6	1939 (1986)	Double Death (Veleno: romanzo mosaico, Altri Misteri, Mondadori)	Anthony Armstrong Freeman Wills Crofts David Hume F.Tennyson Jesse Dorothy L. Sayers Valentine Williams
7	1953	No Flowers by Request	Christianna Brand Anthony Gilbert E.C.R. Lorac Gladys Mitchell Dorothy L. Sayers
8	1954	Crime on the Coast	John Dickson Carr Michael Cronin Elizabeth Ferrars Joan Fleming Laurence Meynell Valerie White
9	1979	Verdict of Thirteen	Christianna Brand Gwendoline Butler Peter Dickinson Dick Francis Celia Fremlin Michael Gilbert Patricia Highsmith Michael Innes P. D. James H. R. F. Keating Ngaio Marsh Julian Symons Michael Underwood
10	1992	The Man Who...	Catherine Aird Eric Ambler Simon Brett Len Deighton Antonia Fraser Michael Gilbert Reginald Hill P. D. James H. R. F. Keating Peter Lovesey Ruth Rendell George Sims Michael Underwood
11	2000	The putt at the end of the world	Dave Barry Richard Bausch James W. Hall Lee K. Abbott Tami Hoag Tim O'Brien Ridley Pearson Les Standiford James Crumley
12	2006	The Verdict of Us All	Len Deighton Reginald Hill Colin Dexter P. D. James Simon Brett Liza Cody
13	2016	The Sinking Admiral	Simon Brett Kate Charles Natasha Cooper Stella Duffy Martin Edwards Ruth Dudley Edwards Tim Heald Michael Jecks Janet Laurence Peter Lovesey Michael Ridpath David Roberts L.C. Tyler Laura Wilson
14	2016	Motives for Murder	Ann Cleeves Simon Brett Andrew Taylor Len Deighton Peter Lovesey Michael Jecks Michael Ridpath Kate Ellis Ruth Dudley Edwards Alison Joseph L. C. Tyler Catherine Aird David Roberts David Stuart Davies Janet Laurence Liza Cody Martin Edwards Kate Charles John Malcolm Marjorie Eccles Michael Z. Lewin Susan Moody
	2020	Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club	Joan Aiken Catherine Aird Margery Allingham Eric Ambler Henry Aubrey-Fletcher H. C. Bailey Robert Barnard Ronald Barnes Josephine Bell E. C. Bentley Kenneth Benton John Bingham Dorothy Bowers Christianna Brand Simon Brett Gwendoline Butler John Dickson Carr Kate Charles G. K. Chesterton Agatha Christie Ann Cleeves Janet Cohen G. D. H. Cole Margaret Cole Anthony Berkeley Cox Edmund Crispin Freeman Wills Crofts Clemence Dane Cecil Day-Lewis Len Deighton Bertram Bowyer Colin Dexter Peter Dickinson Dorothy Eden Martin Edwards Elizabeth Ferrars Christopher Fowler Dick Francis Antonia Fraser Kathleen Freeman R. Austin Freeman Celia Fremlin Val Gielgud Anthony Gilbert Michael Gilbert Robert Goddard Ann Granger Sophie Hannah Cyril Hare Patricia Highsmith Reginald Hill Geoffrey Household P. D. James Michael Jecks Ianthe Jerrold H. R. F. Keating Norman Kendal Ronald Knox Janet Laurence Anthony Lejeune E. C. R. Lorac Peter Lovesey Gavin Lyall Ngaio Marsh Val McDermid A. A. Milne Denise Mina Gladys Mitchell Arthur Morrison Patricia Moyes Emmuska Orczy Anthony Price E. R. Punshon Ian Rankin Ruth Rendell Jessie Louisa Rickard Peter Robinson Dorothy L. Sayers Helen Simpson Alfred Walter Stewart J. I. M. Stewart Cecil Street Showell Styles Julian Symons Andrew Taylor Lynne Truss L. C. Tyler William Edward Vickers Hugh Walpole Colin Watson Victor Whitechurch David Williams Laura Wilson Paul Winterton
	2025	Playing Dead	Abir Mukherjee Aline Templeton Alison Joseph Andrew Taylor Ann Cleeves Catherine Aird Christopher Fowler David Stuart Davies Elly Griffiths Frances Brody John Harvey Kate Ellis L. C. Tyler Liza Cody Lynne Truss Martin Edwards Michael Jecks Michael Ridpath Michael Z. Lewin Peter Lovesey Ruth Dudley Edwards Simon Brett

Voci correlate

Note

^ (EN) Stringer, Jenny, Mitchell, Gladys Maude Winifred (1901–1983), in Ed. David Cannadine (a cura di), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.
^ (EN) Christie [née Miller; other married name Mallowan], Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa (1890–1976), writer, su Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. URL consultato il 6 maggio 2025.
^ (EN) Symons, Julian Gustave (1912–1994), writer, su Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. URL consultato il 6 maggio 2025.
^ (EN) Donald Winchester, Martin Edwards named the next President of The Detection Club!, su Watson Little, 23 giugno 2015. URL consultato il 6 maggio 2025.

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) Sito ufficiale, su detectionclub.com.

Controllo di autorità	VIAF (EN) 132021389 · LCCN (EN) n80146368

[:0-1] (EN) Stringer, Jenny, Mitchell, Gladys Maude Winifred (1901–1983), in Ed. David Cannadine (a cura di), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.

[2] (EN) Christie [née Miller; other married name Mallowan], Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa (1890–1976), writer, su Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. URL consultato il 6 maggio 2025.

[3] (EN) Symons, Julian Gustave (1912–1994), writer, su Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. URL consultato il 6 maggio 2025.

[4] (EN) Donald Winchester, Martin Edwards named the next President of The Detection Club!, su Watson Little, 23 giugno 2015. URL consultato il 6 maggio 2025.

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