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The Magic-Lantern Murders by Carter Dickson

By Erin Britton

27 August, 2026

There are few writers more closely associated with the impossible crime than John Dickson Carr. Writing as Carter Dickson, he introduced Sir Henry Merrivale, one of the Golden Age’s most unconventional detectives, a man capable of turning even the most bewildering murder into an opportunity…

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The Stranger in Room Six by Jane Corry

By DeathBecomesHer

24 June, 2025

Crime fiction is full of well-used tropes, from alcoholic detectives to silver sleuths. Even the titles can get into a rut – remember all the ‘The Girl…’ books? On the face of it, Jane Corry‘s The Stranger in Room Six ticks many of the boxes…

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Interview: Emma Stonex

By crimefictionlover

28 April, 2025

When The Lamplighters came out in 2021, it captivated readers with a tale full of mystery and a haunting atmosphere. Set in 1972 on the Cornish coast, the book explored the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers, and author Emma Stonex created a world readers felt…

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Helle’s Hound by Oskar Jensen

By Erin Britton

1 April, 2025

Blazing eyes? Luminous muzzle? Not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen? No, that would be another hound altogether. The shaggy dog story keeping Torben Helle awake at night concerns Mortimer, an Irish wolfhound that had long been the closest companion of Dame…

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Ann Cleeves' Devon mystery The Long Call comes to ITV

By DeathBecomesHer

18 October, 2021

Her Vera and Shetland books have already been transformed into successful TV drama series – now Ann Cleeves’ DI Matthew Venn is about to hit the small screen. The Long Call, based on the opening book of the North Devon-based mystery series, is the inspiration…

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The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves

By DeathBecomesHer

7 September, 2021

It is two years almost to the day since Ann Cleeves launched Detective Matthew Venn into the cutthroat world of crime fiction. He was new and green and had some tough acts to follow. After all, Cleeves is the creator of the hugely popular Vera…

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Private Lives by JG Harlond

By DeathBecomesHer

11 June, 2020

Bob Robbins is intent on getting away from it all at the start of Private Lives, JG Harlond’s latest slice of cosy historical crime. We’re at the height of World War II and former policeman turned insurance man, turned reluctant policeman once more, Robbins has…

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The Long Call

By DeathBecomesHer

5 September, 2019

Written by Ann Cleeves — Jimmy Perez and the Shetland series are no more. Time for a wee break from writing then, Ann Cleeves? Errr, no. Instead, this prolific author has taken it upon herself to begin a whole new opus. Meet Detective Matthew Venn,…

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The Magic-Lantern Murders by Carter Dickson

The Stranger in Room Six by Jane Corry

Interview: Emma Stonex

Helle’s Hound by Oskar Jensen

Ann Cleeves' Devon mystery The Long Call comes to ITV

The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves

Private Lives by JG Harlond

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