'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

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...

  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...

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...

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...

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 ...

  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 ...

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

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...

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

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...