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Thursday, 30 September 2010

Forgotten Music - Jackie Deshannon

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Jackie DeShannon is a very good songwriter, but perhaps even better as a singer, certainly in her heyday in the 60s and 70s, and my contribu...
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Proof of Guilt

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I’ve just come across the fact that Tales of the Unexpected are being re-run on Sky Arts channel. I first saw this series in the70s. It beg...
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Monday, 27 September 2010

DCI Banks: Aftermath - review

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Aftermath , the first DCI Banks story to be televised, was on tonight, and I’d been looking forward to the first episode of this two-parter ...
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Coincidences and Loose Ends

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As I said the other day, I really enjoyed Kate Atkinson’s new book, Started Early, Took My Dog . It’s a very witty piece of work, with sever...
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Sunday, 26 September 2010

Fargo

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It’s a long time since I watched Fargo – so long that I ddn’t remember much except that I enjoyed it, and especially admired Frances McDorm...
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Saturday, 25 September 2010

Petite Anglaise

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Petite Anglaise , by Catherine Sanderson, is not a crime novel, but it earns a mention here because it’s the first book about blogging that ...
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Friday, 24 September 2010

The Double

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It's so long since I read Ruth Rendell's short story 'The Double' that I'd pretty much forgotten it. So I decided to gra...
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Thursday, 23 September 2010

Original Sins

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Here is the cover artwork for the forthcoming CWA anthology Original Sins , which I edited, and which is to be published by Severn House. I ...
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Wednesday, 22 September 2010

The Raoul Moat Tapes

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The Raoul Moat Tape s was a TV documentary about true crime which, although flawed by a faintly sensationalist tone, still provided an inter...
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Blackout

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Claustrophobia is a key element in many good mysteries, and what could be more claustrophobic than being trapped in a lift? This is the clas...
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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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