Val Culley

Remembering crime writer H R F Keating on the 95th anniversary of his birth The Verdict of Us All is a collection of stories by some of the ...

Barrister turned crime writer offered readers a snapshot of 1920s life C H B Kitchin, whose skill as a writer was only one of many talents M...

Who came first: Miss Silver or Miss Marple? Grey Mask, originally published in 1928, was republished 90 years later Patricia Wentworth’s f...

Aristocrat also thought to have created the first female fictional detective Baroness Orczy was from an  aristocratic family in Hungary Brit...

Remembering Agatha Christie’s writing roots on the anniversary of her birth As a child, Agatha Christie taught herself to read Agatha Christ...

Legal mystery written 80 years ago is still enthralling readers today Tragedy at Law has been in print continuously since 1942 Regarded by...

Second Mrs Bradley mystery is full of the unexpected The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop is published by Vintage Mrs Beatrice Adela Lestran...