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Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Inspirations for The Dungeon House

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I said yesterday that I found the west Cumbrian setting of my latest Lake District Mystery, The Dungeon House , to be quite inspiring. N...
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Monday, 28 September 2015

The Dungeon House

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The Dungeon House is the seventh Lake District Mystery, and it has just been published in the UK, by Allison & Busby, and in the US,...
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Friday, 25 September 2015

Forgotten Book - The Man Who Killed Himself

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Starting in 1967, Julian Symons wrote three books with title beginning " The Man Who.. ." The first two, certainly, rank among his...
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Wednesday, 23 September 2015

The Agatha Christie Festival

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I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in last week's Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay. The festival has been running for s...
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Monday, 21 September 2015

Reprinting The Golden Age of Murder

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I'm delighted to say that the hardback edition of The Golden Age of Murder has been reprinted. A few times in the past I've had ...
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Burgh Island and a Day to Remember

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I love islands, and this, combined with my love of Agatha Christie's books, means that for many years I've harboured the ambit...
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Friday, 18 September 2015

Forgotten Book - The Undetective

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Bruce Graeme (1900-82) was a Golden Age writer who enjoyed a long and prolific career, yet until recently I'd never read any of his book...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2015

The Long Siesta - guest blog by Nick Sweet

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I'm down in Torquay today, taking part in the Agatha Christie Festival, of which more before long. In the meantime, here's a guest ...
Monday, 14 September 2015

The CWA Dagger Reads

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The Crime Writers' Association undertakes a very wide range of activities on behalf of its members, and from quite an early point in its...
Saturday, 12 September 2015

A Miscellany of Books

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Today I'd like to highlight an enjoyably mixed bag of books,starting with Steve Dolman's wonderful first book, published by the Asso...
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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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