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Friday, 19 December 2025

Forgotten Book - Backlash

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I've mentioned previously my enthusiasm for the books of Martin Russell, and one of the nice things that has happened to me this year is...
Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Eileen Dewhurst R.I.P.

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  I'm sorry to say that a dear friend of mine, Eileen Dewhurst, has died at the age of 96. The above photo dates from 2005, by which tim...
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Monday, 15 December 2025

10 Years as President of the Detection Club

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I can't quite believe it, but I've just celebrated my tenth anniversary as President of the Detection Club. The time has simply whiz...
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Friday, 12 December 2025

Forgotten Book - Crime in Reverse

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One of the joys of blogging is the range of contacts that I've had with so many interesting and thoughtful people over the years. As wel...
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Wednesday, 10 December 2025

More from the British Library

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Still looking for those Christmas gifts? Well, of course I hope you'll be stocking up with lots of copies of Miss Winter in the Library ...
Monday, 8 December 2025

Newcastle Noir

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  I'm back from a quick trip to the north east, where I took part in Newcastle Noir. This is a festival that has been running for quite ...
Friday, 5 December 2025

Forgotten Book - The Sleeping Tiger

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D M Devine, a Scottish writer who later published under the name Dominic Devine (although his actual name was David Macdonald Devine), was o...
Thursday, 4 December 2025

The Mackintosh Man - 1973 film review

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Desmond Bagley was a very good thriller writer. My Dad was a big fan of his novels, and although I never met Bagley (who was always known as...
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Monday, 1 December 2025

Tales of the Weird

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  A leading dealer in rare books told me recently that supernatural and other weird fiction is highly collectible at present, and a glance a...
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Friday, 28 November 2025

Forgotten Book - The Dead Mouse

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The Dead Mouse is an odd title for an odd book. It was published in 1930 by Austen Allen, the second of four detective novels that he produ...
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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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