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Friday, 10 April 2026

Forgotten Book - The Silent Murders

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Over the course of just five years, between 1928 and 1933, A.G. Macdonell, the Scottish writer best-known as author of England, Their Englan...
Wednesday, 8 April 2026

Guest post - Michael Ridpath and Operation Berlin

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I've been a fan of Michael Ridpath's work since before I first met him, which in itself is quite a long time ago. He's a versati...
Monday, 6 April 2026

Sharp Corner - 2024 film review

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Stories which focus on characters who experience gradual psychological disintegration are often harrowing, but if told well, they can be eng...
Friday, 3 April 2026

Forgotten Book - Sweet Danger

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My copy of Margery Allingham's Sweet Danger (1933) is a precious one, despite lacking a dust jacket, because it's inscribed by the ...
Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Speak No Evil (2024) film review

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Speak No Evil is a 2024  American remake - written and directed by the accomplished James Watkins - of a Danish film of two years earlier w...
Monday, 30 March 2026

Announcement - What the World Needs Now - a new mystery anthology

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  I'm delighted to share, at long last, news of an anthology of mine that will be published in the summer. It's called What the Worl...
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Friday, 27 March 2026

Forgotten Book - The Second Time is Easy

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Martin Russell's speciality as a crime novelist was to write about ordinary people in extraordinary situations, confronting intolerable ...
Wednesday, 25 March 2026

The Gentleman - 2025 film review

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Ron Perlman is a charismatic actor and his presence in the cast is enough to make The Gentleman worth a look. This recent film is set in Ba...

Fanny Lye Deliver'd - 2019 film review

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I chanced upon Fanny Lye Deliver'd on Amazon Prime, and although I'd never heard of the film, the cast was strong enough for me to ...
Monday, 23 March 2026

Spies, Lies and Deception - IWM Manchester

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The sad news of Len Deighton's passing coincided with my learning that there was an exhibition at the Manchester branch of the Imperial ...
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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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