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Friday, 22 May 2026

Forgotten Book - Dead Heat

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Dead Heat , first published in 1986, is a lively example of Martin Russell's skill as a crime writer. I've always liked his work and...
Wednesday, 20 May 2026

The Intruder - 2019 film review

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Home invasion thrillers have been commonplace for a long time, but their continuing appeal derives, I think, from the simple truth that, for...
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Monday, 18 May 2026

Hallow Road - 2025 film review

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Hallow Road is a recent film with a small but high-calibre cast, led by Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys. One night they are woken up by a smo...
Friday, 15 May 2026

Forgotten Book - Case without a Corpse

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Case Without a Corpse was Leo Bruce's second book about Sergeant Beef, appearing in 1937 and following up the highly successful Case fo...
Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Ten Million Pageviews

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This blog has recently passed the ten million pageview milestone. I'd like to thank everyone who checks in - I really do appreciate it, ...

The Hunger Games - 2012 film review

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Given everything that is going on across the globe right now, you could argue that what the world does not need right now is a dystopian fil...
Monday, 11 May 2026

Dead of Winter - 2025 film review

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On my flight to Barbados last month, I read an Andrew Garve novel that I'll be reviewing before long and also watched a film. I chose De...
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Friday, 8 May 2026

Forgotten Book: Postscript to Penelope

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Susan Gilruth's Death in Ambush was a highly successful British Library Crime Classic reprint last year. I enjoyed the book a great dea...
Wednesday, 6 May 2026

What to Do When Someone Dies aka Without You - ITV X review

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A number of husband and wife duos have written crime fiction with some success, but I'd say that Sean French and Nicci Gerard, who write...
Monday, 4 May 2026

Secret Service - ITV review

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I've never read any of Tom Bradby's thrillers, but I was interested to watch the new ITV series Secret Service , based on one of the...
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Martin Edwards
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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