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A look back at the career of E C Bentley who wrote the detective novel that heralded the Golden Age E C Bentley intended his novel to be a s...

A look back at the writing career of H C Bailey Henry Christopher Bailey was a Daily Telegraph journalist from 1901-46 The crime writer H C ...

Complimentary theatre ticket gives Inspector Alleyn a front row seat for murder Patrick Malahide played Alleyn on TV in the 1990s Ngaio Ma...

Important advice for aspiring crime writers from author P D James Over the years P D James has consistently maintained that setting is a k...

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...

Sinister goings on in a remote country house on the Suffolk coast The gentleman sleuth Albert Campion takes centre stage in Mystery Mile ,...

Dorothy turns Lord Peter into a man of action as well as words The second Dorothy L Sayers novel featuring amateur detective Lord Peter Wi...