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The creator of academic sleuth Dr Priestley also invented Eric the Skull Cecil Street, whose pen names included John Rhode  The writer known...

First appearance by author turned sleuth Roger Sheringham The paperback edition of The Layton Court Mystery The Layton Court Mystery , pu...

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...

A detective novelist who brilliantly describes backstage life   Ngaio Marsh, who was one of the leading female detective novelists of her ti...

Miss Silver is at her best as she pits her wits against a potential murderer The latest Hodder paperback edition of Lonesome Road The read...

Sleepy village provides interesting material for Freud follower Mrs Bradley The Saltmarsh Murders was the fourth Mrs Bradley mystery The V...

An unusual setting for a 1936 detective novel with a closed circle of suspects Death in Ecstasy is available as part of a Ngaio Marsh coll...