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Friday, 2 October 2026

Forgotten Book - Illegal Tender

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I felt a genuine sense of regret when I finished reading Dominic Devine's 1970 novel Illegal Tender . Not because of any flaws in the st...
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Thursday, 1 October 2026

Books

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  This week saw the publication by the British Library of The Classic Crime Companion, my updated and expanded version of the award-winning ...
Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Torquay Books

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I came home from Torquay with an interesting haul of books, and pride of place goes to Lucy Foley's latest. I'm pleased to say that ...
Monday, 28 September 2026

The Jurassic Coast and Cornwall

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It's a long way from Cheshire to Torquay, and so I planned to turn my participation in the International Agatha Christie Festival into a...
Friday, 25 September 2026

Forgotten Book - Such Friends Are Dangerous

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Such Friends Are Dangerous , written by Walter Tyrer and originally published in 1954 by the relatively obscure firm of Staples, is a novel ...
Thursday, 24 September 2026

Miss Winter - a pre-order discount

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Readers in the UK who are interested in the forthcoming paperback edition of Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife may like to know about ...
Monday, 21 September 2026

The International Agatha Christie Festival

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I've just returned home from the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay. This was the third time I've taken part in the f...
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Friday, 18 September 2026

Forgotten Book - A Corpse for Charybdis

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A Corpse for Charybdis was the fourth novel published by Susan Gilruth, and the first to appear under the imprint of Hodder & Stoughton...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Rogue Agent - 2022 film review

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What a terrific actor James Norton is. I first came across him in the first series of Happy Valley , in which he was superb as a villain, an...
Monday, 14 September 2026

The Names by Florence Knapp - and Italy

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I planned September this year as a month mainly devoted to holidays, and celebrating various publications, before things were disrupted, but...
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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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