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Estella's Fury by Barbara Havelocke

By Paul Burke

1 December, 2025

Not only are the works of Charles Dickens rich in atmosphere, they’re full of unusual characters that beg further exploration. PLEASE, SIR, CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE? Barbara Havelocke is an author who has heeded the call — and then some. Estella’s Fury follows on…

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Interview: Barbara Havelocke

By crimefictionlover

17 November, 2025

Since 2017, Barbara Copperthwaite has been a crime author worth following if you enjoy frighteningly realistic psychological crime fiction, and books like Her Last Secret and the Perfect Friend have been favourites on both sides of the Atlantic. But a couple of years ago, she…

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Ten books featuring real writers as sleuths

By Catherine Turnbull

11 November, 2019

One of the best things about the crime fiction genre is the passion of the authors working in it. They put no end of research into their books and will read the classics of the genre over and over again in order to learn from…

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Murder House: Part One by James Patterson and David Ellis

By Andre

2 September, 2015

Although he’s never been a critics’ favourite, James Patterson is a permanent fixture on the bestseller and library lending lists. Like literary sensations ranging from Charles Dickens to Stephen King, he has a popular following that will buy into a serial – in this case,…

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NTN: The Murder of Patience Brooke by JC Briggs

By spriteby

30 November, 2014

Jean Briggs first came up with the idea for her Dickens and Jones series back in 2012, during the celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Dickens wrote numerous articles on the police during his lifetime, and created two detectives…

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Mayhem

By RoughJustice

12 May, 2013

Written by Sarah Pinborough — As a setting Victorian London seems to be a mainstay in crime fiction. It will always of course be associated with that most famous of detectives, Sherlock Holmes, but there is also Sexton Blake, Dickens’ Bleak House, and The Moonstone…

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DeathBecomesHer: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

By DeathBecomesHer

27 April, 2013

I was indoctrinated into the world of crime from an early age – a statement which makes me sound like a member of the Kray clan, so perhaps I should rephrase it? What I’m trying to say is that crime is in my blood… oh…

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JukePop: serial crime on the comeback?

By crimefictionlover

27 February, 2013

Charles Dickens and other Victorian authors were quite used to the idea of serialising their books. In fact, it’s said they’d be waiting on the pier in New York for new chapters by Dickens to arrive from London on a monthly basis and most of…

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Estella's Fury by Barbara Havelocke

Interview: Barbara Havelocke

Ten books featuring real writers as sleuths

NTN: The Murder of Patience Brooke by JC Briggs

Mayhem

DeathBecomesHer: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

JukePop: serial crime on the comeback?

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