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Friday, 26 July 2019

Forgotten Book - ...And Presumed Dead

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There really ought to be a prize for the most excitable blurb for a crime novel. If there were, then a strong contender would be the Corgi C...
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Monday, 26 January 2015

Cape Fear (1962) - movie review

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Cape Fear is a notable American thriller dating back just over half a century. It was remade in 1991 by Martin Scorsese, but until recently...
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Wednesday, 9 July 2014

American Gigolo - film review

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I watched American Gigolo not too long after it first came out in 1980, and found it a reasonably enjoyable thriller, though not in the sam...
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Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Twisted Nerve - film review

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Twisted Nerve is a controversial film from 1968, a horror story about a psychopath in sub-Hitchcock vein. It combines a number of excellent...
Monday, 30 May 2011

Sorry, Wrong Number

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Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 film starring Barbara Stanwyck as the rich and spoiled invalid wife of Burt Lancaster. Alone at home, she ove...
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Martin Edwards is a crime novelist who has received the CWA Diamond Dagger, UK crime writing's highest honour, and lifetime achievement awards for his short fiction, crime writing, and scholarship. His latest novel is Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife while five books featuring Rachel Savernake have had award nominations. Martin has received the CWA Dagger in the Library, awarded by UK librarians for his body of work. He is President of the Detection Club, consultant to the British Library’s Crime Classics, and former Chair of the CWA. His contemporary whodunits include The Coffin Trail, first of eight Lake District Mysteries and shortlisted for the Theakston’s Prize for best crime novel of the year. The Arsenic Labyrinth was shortlisted for Lakeland Book of the Year. The Golden Age of Murder and The Life of Crime both won Edgar awards and three other awards, while The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books and Howdunit each won one award and were nominated for four others. He has created an online crime writing course, Crafting Crime and is archivist for the CWA and the Detection Club. NB - no part of this blog may be used for training of or use by AI technologies.
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