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Friday, 17 July 2026

Forgotten Book - The Perfect Murder

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I have a long-standing interest in collaborative detective novels. The Floating Admiral is an old favourite of mine, a Detection Club classi...
Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Olney Review of Books - guest post by Simon Lee

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As the years pass, I find it interesting to look back on school and student days, and in recent years I've had the pleasure of renewing ...
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Tuesday, 14 July 2026

The White Lotus - season 2 review

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It's in the nature of television, especially today, that if a series becomes a big success, there will be follow-ups, even if the storyl...
Monday, 13 July 2026

The Pleasures of Research

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I'm back from a lovely trip to west Wales, where fantastic weather made the research for a forthcoming story most pleasurable, even if t...
Friday, 10 July 2026

Forgotten Book - The Riddle of Samson

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Islands make great settings for detective novels, a truth that I hope readers will find reinforced when my own Fever Island appears in Sept...
Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Dear England - BBC TV review

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Dear England is a television adaptation of a successful play about football (and I don't think there have been many works for the stage ...
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Monday, 6 July 2026

The White Lotus - HBO/Sky Atlantic TV - season 1 review

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The White Lotus first hit our TV screens five years ago. It was a big success, and seemed to be very trendy, but I didn't pay much atte...
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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...
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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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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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