Midsummer Mysteries is the current anthology of original short stories contributed by Crime Writers’ Association members and edited by Martin Edwards, with midsummer as the connecting theme. The aim, as always, was to produce a book which is representative both of the genre and the membership of the world’s premier crime-writing association.

The CWA has published anthologies of members’ stories since 1956, with Martin Edwards as editor for over 25 years. During this time the anthologies have yielded many award-winning and nominated stories by writers such as Ian Rankin and Reginald Hill, and more recently Christine Poulson, Andrew Taylor, LC Tyler and Vaseem Khan.

Stories by long-standing authors and stellar names sit alongside contributions from relative newcomers, authors from overseas, and members whose work hasn’t appeared in a CWA anthology before.

The anthology was published in August 2024. CWA members receive a generous discount when ordering direct from Flame Tree Press.

Edited by Martin Edwards

Published by Flame Tree Press

Flame Tree Press is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners and exciting, original voices.

‘Flame Tree is proud to be the steward for the current annual anthology, Music of the Night. This collection of new stories is both a fitting tribute to the CWA’s legacy of great writing while reflecting the vitality of the contemporary membership. It’s been a joy to publish.’

Contributors

• LC Tyler
• Kate Ellis
• William BurtonMcCormick
• SJ Bennett
• Judith Cutler
• Helen Fields
• Chris Curran
• Christine Poulson
• Chris Simms
• Martin Edwards
• Jacquie Rogers
• Meeti Shroff-Shah
• GM Maillet
• Paula Lennon
• Art Taylor
• JC Berthal
• Victoria Dowd
• Luke Deckard
• Tom Mead