'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

I’m delighted to announce that the History Press will be publishing the second Murder Squad anthology of short stories which I have edited i...

Just back from a wonderful week-end in the Isle of Man. This is only a short post, as I have yet to prepare fully for a talk I'm giving ...

I was tempted to head this blog post "Suspension of Disbelief", because watching the 1995 movie Nick of Time made me reflect on h...

The Murder at Crome House is my choice for today's Forgotten Book. It was first published in 1927, and was an early effort from the hus...

I was gratified by the interest shown in my last post, on detective story endings, and I thought I'd keep the pot boiling by mentioning ...

The topic of how to end a crime/detective novel is truly fascinating, I think. The obvious method is to have the culprit identified and brou...

Blogger seems to keep misbehaving and I'm finding it complicated to access comments made on my blog post and also to make comments on ot...

My choice for today's Forgotten Book dates back to 1948. The Telephone Call by John Rhode is a sound example of crime fiction inspired ...

I first came across Paul Johnston back in the 1990s, on a memorable evening at the Law Society Hall in Chancery Lane, when at the CWA Dagger...

A fellow lawyer who has managed to escape the legal profession to write crime full time (envy, envy!) is Chris Ewan, a delightful companion ...