A review of A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie – 230622
The first reading of A Murder is Announced took place on Wednesday, June 14th, at The Trengilly Wartha at 6.30pm. F… Read More
So, OK I'm a little obsessive, and I've already written about Sherlock. But, how much do you know about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his creator? Would you believe that Doyle believed in sp… Read More
Miss Marple’s Final Cases ContentsAbout Agatha ChristieThe Agatha Christie CollectionE-Book Extras1 Sanctuary2 Strange Jest3 Tape-Measure Murder4 The Case of the… Read More
We have had a bit of a quiet week here, following the celebration of Mr D turning four at the start of the week. The weather hasn’t been great and we’ve all been tired and fighti… Read More
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A review of The Case with Nine Solutions by J J Connington
This is the third outing for Connington’s police sleuth, Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield, in a book first publis… Read More
(above excerpts from Course created by Renee Ashley Baker )
The Renee Ashley Baker “Screenplay Writing Course” is a course I, Renee Ashley Baker, created right AFT… Read More
Mystery Fiction:So who is the 'Who-done-it' Mystery maker...YOU?I’ve always been fascinated by a “whodunit”-style story. From Encyclopedia Brown to Nancy Drew to Agatha Chr… Read More
In this first part of a 1981 WD article about writing popular fiction like old-fashioned murder mysteries or regency romances, Roy Sorrels and Megan Daniel share some of their best tips for… Read More
In a genre that has historically lacked diversity, six writers of color discuss overcoming the challenge of breaking in and the current climate for crime, mystery and thriller fiction.
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A couple of years ago, visionary director Marcus Nispel suggested I adapt a true-crime story from the mid-80s. His primary rationale was that I understood the world the story is set in bette… Read More
I wrote about my first twenty books of the year early in March. The next set of twenty books was completed late in May. It was at the end of May that my son and his famil… Read More
This blog - as I believe it's called - is not really by me. It is by Arnold Appleforth. The late great Arnold Appleforth, of whom, sad to say, hardly any of you will have heard.I am honoured… Read More