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Friday, 3 July 2026

Forgotten Book - Rustling End

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Douglas G. Browne (1884-1963) was a capable crime writer who also enjoyed success with non-fiction - books about true crime cases and a biog...
Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Deadly Remains by Kate Ellis

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Deadly Remains is the latest Wesley Peterson novel by Kate Ellis, published last year. This lengthy series benefits from a pleasant setting ...
Tuesday, 30 June 2026

The Lake District Cold Case Mysteries - a box set

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Joffe Books are a dynamic publishing company and since they licensed the UK ebook rights to my Lake District series (now known as The Lake D...
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Monday, 29 June 2026

Agatha Christie Day at Bolton Library

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It's all about Agatha at the moment. Last Monday I was doing a bit of filming, for a video trailer for the forthcoming Marple Mysteries ...
Friday, 26 June 2026

Forgotten Book - Death and the Sky Above

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This month the blog has, for the second month running, seen pageviews well in excess of one million. A big number, but I am conscious that A...
Wednesday, 24 June 2026

The Family Next Door - 2025 TV serial - review

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The Family Next Door is a six-part Australian TV series which originally aired last year and which I caught up with on ITV X. It's based...
Monday, 22 June 2026

Bodies from the Library 2026

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Bodies from the Library has always been a popular event, but on Saturday, for the first time in its eleven year history, the Knowledge Centr...
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Friday, 19 June 2026

Forgotten Book - The Royston Affair

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The Royston Affair , first published in 1964 by Collins Crime Club, was D.M. Devine's third novel. It begins with a 'prodigal son...
Wednesday, 17 June 2026

The Fantastic Detective Notebook by Gary Lovisi

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As I've mentioned several times before, Stark House Press do a very good job of reprinting interesting and varied crime novels and short...
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Monday, 15 June 2026

Agatha Christie's London

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I've known Tina Hodgkinson for several years - if I remember rightly, which can never be guaranteed, we first met at the British Library...
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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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