Detection Club

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The Detection Club was a British society of mystery writers, founded in 1930, whose members included many of the era’s leading detective fiction authors.

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Detection Club canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary society ⓘ
writers organization ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
era Golden Age of Detective Fiction ⓘ
field detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
foundingPurpose to bring together writers of detective fiction ⓘ
to promote fair-play detective stories ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
hasActivity anthologies of crime stories ⓘ
collaborative detective novels ⓘ
dinners and social meetings ⓘ
election of members by invitation ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
hasMember A. A. Milne ⓘ
Abir Mukherjee ⓘ
Agatha Christie ⓘ
Alexander McCall Smith ⓘ
Andrew Taylor ⓘ
Andrew Wilson ⓘ
Ann Cleeves ⓘ
Ann Granger ⓘ
Anthony Berkeley ⓘ
Arthur Upfield ⓘ
Baroness Orczy ⓘ
Belinda Bauer ⓘ
Carter Dickson ⓘ
Cath Staincliffe ⓘ
Christianna Brand ⓘ
Colin Dexter ⓘ
Cyril Hare ⓘ
Dorothy L. Sayers ⓘ
E. C. Bentley ⓘ
E. R. Punshon ⓘ
Edgar Jepson ⓘ
Edmund Crispin ⓘ
Elly Griffiths ⓘ
Frances Fyfield ⓘ
Freeman Wills Crofts ⓘ
G. K. Chesterton ⓘ
Gladys Mitchell ⓘ
Graham Greene ⓘ
H. C. Bailey ⓘ
H. R. F. Keating ⓘ
Hugh Walpole ⓘ
Ian Rankin ⓘ
Imran Mahmood ⓘ
James Runcie ⓘ
Janet Laurence ⓘ
Jill Paton Walsh ⓘ
John Dickson Carr ⓘ
John le Carré ⓘ
Julian Barnes ⓘ
Julian Symons ⓘ
Kate Charles ⓘ
Kate Ellis ⓘ
L. C. Tyler ⓘ
Laura Wilson ⓘ
Len Deighton ⓘ
Len Tyler ⓘ
Lindsey Davis ⓘ
Liza Cody ⓘ
Margery Allingham ⓘ
Martin Edwards ⓘ
Michael Gilbert ⓘ
Michael Ridpath ⓘ
Mick Herron ⓘ
Natasha Cooper ⓘ
Ngaio Marsh ⓘ
Nicholas Blake ⓘ
Nicola Upson ⓘ
P. D. James ⓘ
Peter Lovesey ⓘ
Peter Robinson ⓘ
Priscilla Masters ⓘ
Reginald Hill ⓘ
Robert Barnard ⓘ
Robert Goddard ⓘ
Robert Wilson ⓘ
Ronald Knox ⓘ
Ruth Dudley Edwards ⓘ
Ruth Rendell ⓘ
S. J. Parris ⓘ
S. J. Watson ⓘ
Sarah Hilary ⓘ
Sarah Pinborough ⓘ
Sarah Rayne ⓘ
Simon Brett ⓘ
Simon Shaw ⓘ
Sophie Hannah ⓘ
Stella Duffy ⓘ
Val McDermid ⓘ
Vaseem Khan ⓘ
William Shaw ⓘ
hasOath Detection Club oath of fair play to the reader ⓘ
hasPresident Agatha Christie ⓘ
Dorothy L. Sayers ⓘ
E. C. Bentley ⓘ
G. K. Chesterton ⓘ
H. R. F. Keating ⓘ
Julian Symons ⓘ
Martin Edwards ⓘ
Simon Brett ⓘ
inception 1930 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
membershipPolicy by invitation only ⓘ
notableCharacteristic early members were leading Golden Age detective writers ⓘ
members swore an oath to play fair with the reader ⓘ
notableWork Ask a Policeman ⓘ
Six Against the Yard ⓘ
The Anatomy of Murder ⓘ
The Floating Admiral ⓘ
The Man Who Wasn’t There ⓘ
The Scoop ⓘ
The Verdict of Thirteen ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianna Brand → memberOf → Detection Club ⓘ
Dorothy L. Sayers → memberOf → Detection Club ⓘ
Dorothy L. Sayers → coFounded → Detection Club ⓘ
Val McDermid → memberOf → Detection Club ⓘ
Mary Christianna Milne → memberOf → Detection Club ⓘ
Freeman Wills Crofts → memberOf → Detection Club ⓘ
Anthony Berkeley Cox → memberOf → Detection Club ⓘ
Ronald Knox → memberOf → Detection Club ⓘ