Val Culley

D id the book inspire the shed, or did the shed suggest the book? Earlier this year I converted our old, wooden garden shed into a library...

Agatha’s second novel keeps the reader in constant suspense Considering Agatha Christie’s detective, Hercule Poirot, became so popular and...

How the ‘new Queen of Crime’ found the ideas for her novels P D James was seen by some as 'the New Queen of Crime' When crime writ...

The value of keeping an ideas notebook I am often asked where I get my ideas from by people in the audience when I give talks about my boo...

T he Body Parts in the Library arrives at a library! Partners in crime There are many significant milestones when you write a novel, such as...

The Mysterious Affair at Styles has now been entertaining readers for a century My copy of The Mysterious Affair at  Styles was published i...

Have library assistants become an endangered species? Libraries have been under pressure for several years because of economic cuts I have a...