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Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts
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Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay

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A classic mystery novel set in and around the Northern Line The British Library Crime Classics edition of Murder Underground  Murder Under...
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Strong Poison

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Author departs from tradition by letting her detective fall in love Strong Poison is the fifth of Dorothy L Sayers's Wimsey novels Dor...
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Don’t delay, start writing straight away!

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How to avoid doing things that will postpone your literary success Not having the ideal office chair should not stop you putting pen to pa...
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100 Must-Read Crime Novels

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A unique selection of stunning examples of the genre This handy guide by Richard Shephard and Nick Rennison provides a treat for all lover...
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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Edgar Allan Poe invented the fictional detective in April 1841 The first detective story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, The Murde...
20210309

The Haunted Hotel

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Is this a ghost story or is it a crime novel? My 2015 edition of The Haunted  Hotel , first published in 1878 The Moonstone by Wilkie Colli...
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Mystery Mile

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Sinister goings on in a remote country house on the Suffolk coast The gentleman sleuth Albert Campion takes centre stage in Mystery Mile ,...
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Ngaio Marsh’s enduring legacy

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Talented New Zealander contributed to art, the theatre and crime writing Ngaio Marsh pictured in 1935,  early in her writing career One of t...
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Enter a Queen of Crime from New Zealand

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  How Ngaio Marsh first started writing crime stories Ngaio Marsh in a picture thought to have been taken in around 1935 Dame Edith Ngai...
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Setting the Scene

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Use your memories to help you write with assurance Many crime writers believe the setting is one of the most important elements in a novel...