Detective Stephen Lavender was a principal officer with the Bow Street Magistrates court at the start of the nineteenth century. He was also the man who dragged my husband’s Regency ancestor into the...
I started writing relatively late in life, and it has literally changed my life. I’m not talking about the outward trappings of being a bestselling author: earning my living from writing fictio...
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A Fatal Cut by Priscilla MastersIn a new feature every other Tuesday the CRA will be focusing on books from new sponsors Endeavour Press Ltd. A Fatal Cut by Priscalla Masters (Free today 15.04.2014) ‘His patient was ready. H...
A Midwinter Murder by Peter TonkinIn a new feature every other Tuesday the CRA will be focusing on books from new sponsors Endeavour Press Ltd. A Midwinter Murder by Peter Tonkin Christmas 1594. Tom is called away from the dress rehea...
In my work as a Psychotherapist, many creative people have come to me with self-doubt about their chosen craft. They tell me that they have stopped producing, because what they are going to create mig...
Forensic Holmes – Kelvin I JonesThe most famous detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, made his first public appearance in December 1887 in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. The story, A Study in Scarlet, was not an immediate success when...
Bea Davenport looks at representations of the media Like millions of viewers, I’ve been glued to the almost-excellent Line of Duty, the series about police corruption, with its twisting plotlines and...
Forensic Holmes – Kelvin I JonesThe most famous detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, made his first public appearance in December 1887 in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. The story, A Study in Scarlet, was not an immediate success when...
He’d conned her. Of that much she was certain. The only things she could not work out were how and why. In the background, the air-conditioning still purred respectfully. Looking out through the pla...
Exeter, 1813 Teigngrace Hall, in the county of Devon, was my favourite of the Earl of Teignbridge’s establishments. Very commodious and set in extensive parkland, it lay near the main roads to Newton...
An Act of Evil: Robert RichardsonIn a new feature every other Tuesday the CRA will be focusing on books from new sponsors ‘Endeavour Press Ltd’. First up is ‘An Act of Evil’ by Robert Richardson. The Blurb: Wh...
CRA Giveaway: Death Lies Beneath (DI Horton Series)The eighth marine mystery crime novel featuring DI Andy Horton When ex con, Daryl Woodley is found dead on the marshes bordering Langstone Harbour the Intelligence Directorate believe his murder is li...
Music to my Ears – A J WainesAs a new fiction writer, specialising in psychological thrillers, I’ve taken no creative writing courses, joined no writers’ groups and even managed to fail my ‘O’ level English Literature. Not...
Every known murder scene has a detective combing for clues. Every detective has a prime enemy – and it’s not always the criminal. For the detective, the first enemy is often the crime sc...
Call Time: Finn ClarkeThe Crime Writers’ Association has been running its Debut Dagger for over 15 years. The entry period for the 2014 Debut Dagger is now closed but this seemed like a good time to look back and hav...
Are crime writers psychopaths? Pauline Rowson The relationship between writers and their characters takes many forms. Some of my characters irritate me, others entertain, some make me feel cuddly and...
A Price To Pay – the ideas behind the story For the last three weeks, I’ve been discussing where ideas for novels come from. Sometimes, they ambush you. You might be sitting at home, minding your own...
David Stuart Davies writes: Reading books is becoming a specialist activity no longer enjoyed by the general public, writer Ruth Rendell has warned. The crime novelist and peer said reading is no long...
Margery Allingham: mystery on Mersea IslandWhere do your ideas come from? Chris Simms says that he’s sometimes tempted to tell audiences that he downloads them from www.ideasfornovels.com. But however much authors may dislike bein...
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