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The Dark Room, by Sam BlakeHare’s Landing, West Cork. A house full of mystery… Rachel Lambert leaves London afraid...
Karen CharltonKaren Charlton writes historical crime fiction, set in Regency England. Her Detective Lavender Mysteries, published by Thomas & Mercer, are the fictional adventures of Stephen Lavender, who was a...
The Invitation by A.M. Castle29th April 2021
The Invitation: join A.M. Castle for a closed circle murder mystery I have always wanted to write a closed circle murder mystery, so I suppose I’ve been lucky – the UK’s first lockdown gave me the mea... Read more
WHAT MAKES A WRITER, by Jay Forman29th April 2021
My father was a psychiatrist and he often told me that psychiatrist’s children are the most messed up people on the planet. He may have been right. Like every other writer I’ve been told “no” more tim... Read more
HISTORY: THE DEVIL’S SCRIPTURE by Jeff Dawson26th April 2021
I lived, some years ago, on a Ladysmith Road. It joined another called Kimberley, thoroughfares of solid, red-brick terracing. Show me any British suburb, built c.1900, and I will give you streets nam... Read more
Caught Doing the Bear, by Leslie Scase26th April 2021
In this article I am going to express some of my personal views on the writer’s use of language in historical novels, both as an author and as a reader. By the use of language, I mean not just the wor... Read more
Writing Forgotten Women by Saeida Rouass26th April 2021
In 2015 I came across a Times newspaper article that detailed the crimes of the ‘Moorish Jack the Ripper’. The article was printed in 1906 and offered a gruesome description of a series of murders of... Read more
Man as Monster and the Milgram Experiment by Bryony Pearce26th April 2021
I’ve always been intrigued by man-as-monster; equally frightened and fascinated by the idea that someone who could help an elderly neighbour with their shopping, let local kids play in their garden an... Read more
‘Sodden boxershorts: Charles Willeford and modern-day publishing’ by John Barlow23rd April 2021
I’ve just finished reading Charles Willeford’s Hoke Moseley series. The four books, all set in 1980s Miami, are wildly, brilliantly idiosyncratic. As Elmore Leonard said, nobody writes a better crime... Read more
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