Today we welcome author Peter Bartram to share how his long-running character Colin Crampton and his 'Crampton of the Chronicle' Mysteries came about.

PLUS, to celebrate the release of his latest novel The Mother's Day Mystery (the 10th featuring Colin Crampton), Peter Bartram has very generously offered 2 paperback copies for worldwide giveaway.

THE TOUGH GUY, THE THREAT, AND THE BIRTH OF A CRIME MYSTERY

How I got the idea for the Crampton of the Chronicle books

When I first walked into a newspaper’s newsroom as a junior reporter, aged 18, I never imagined I’d end up as a crime writer with, at the last count, more than 100,000 readers around the world.

As it turned out, my time in various newsrooms hasn’t been wasted in writing the Crampton of the Chronicle comic crime mysteries. We had plenty of laughs in the newsroom – not all of them intentional.

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