Lord Edgington of Cranley Hall is the protagonist of Benedict Brown’s Lord Edgington Investigates series, a bestselling collection of 1920s cozy mysteries. A former superintendent with the Metropolitan Police, Lord Edgington spent ten years in seclusion at his grand family estate before the arrival of his sixteen-year-old grandson Christopher drew him back into the world. Readers first meet him on his seventy-fifth birthday, and from there he embarks on a new chapter filled with elaborate parties, unfulfilled ambitions, and a growing list of murders to solve.
Often compared to Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, Lord Edgington brings his own brand of detective work to the genre. He has a demanding personality paired with a sympathetic side, a fiery temper balanced by a forgiving heart, and he is never short of a cutting remark for the suspicious characters he encounters. The relationship between Lord Edgington and Christopher is at the heart of the series, with the elderly detective and his young grandson forming an unlikely but effective investigative partnership.
Across twenty books, Lord Edgington tackles cases at country estates, boarding schools, castles, and society gatherings throughout interwar England. A companion series, Lord Edgington Investigates Abroad, sends him and Christopher beyond England’s borders to solve crimes in Italian castles, on night trains, and at Alpine retreats.
Reading Order
See the complete Lord Edgington reading order for all books in the series.