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The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

By Andre

15 July, 2015

As one of the so-called queens of the Golden Age of crime fiction, Margery Allingham’s an author whose works have remained in print decades after they were first published. Her amateur sleuth Albert Campion, an affable aristocrat, appeared in 19 novels by Allingham. Following her…

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Half the World Away by Cath Staincliffe

By MarinaSofia

17 June, 2015

Gap years have become such a rite of passage for university students in the UK, that parents hardly dare to admit their dismay when their children set off to face the dangers of travelling around the world by themselves. After all, in an age of…

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Interview: Lesley Thomson

By Keith Nixon

6 December, 2014

Lesley Thomson burst onto the literary scene with her breakthrough novel, A Kind of Vanishing, which won the People’s Book prize in 2010. She has since gone on to write two novels featuring accidental detective Stella Darnell – The Detective’s Daughter and Ghost Girl. Set…

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A Thief in the Night by Stephen Wade

By spriteby

1 December, 2014

Or to give it its full title, A Thief in the Night And Other Adventures of the Septimus Society. By day, Stephen Wade, is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at the University of Hull. He’s also a freelance writer and historian, specialising in crime…

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NTN: Janet O'Kane interviewed

By MarinaSofia

25 November, 2014

If you’re looking for an alternative to the grim urban settings that predominate in Scottish crime fiction, then self-published author Janet O’Kane is one to try. Her first book No Stranger to Death offers a gentler setting – the Scottish Borders – but at the…

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The Corpse with the Silver Tongue by Cathy Ace

By MarinaSofia

18 July, 2012

Alistair Townsend is a retired expat living the high-life in Nice with his vacuous girl-bride Tamsin. Ostensibly admired by the long-term residents of the city, he has also made a few enemies with his manipulative behaviour, not to mention silver-tongued gossip. At his wife’s birthday…

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The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

Half the World Away by Cath Staincliffe

Interview: Lesley Thomson

A Thief in the Night by Stephen Wade

NTN: Janet O'Kane interviewed

The Corpse with the Silver Tongue by Cathy Ace

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