Val Culley

Novel's fascinating format makes for a compelling and ingenious murder mystery The Documents in the Case is notable for its experimenta...

An award winning masterpiece by the Queen of Crime The latest HarperCollins reprint of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christies’s sixt...

An early attempt at detective fiction by a Victorian novelist A portrait of Wilkie Collins by John Everett Millais The English novelist Wi...

Solving a seemingly impossible murder Dickson's story appears in the collection A Surprise for Christmas Golden Age mystery writers wr...

A ‘creepy’ Christmas story with all the classic festive ingredients John Jefferson Farjeon was a journalist who went on to be a successful...

A Christmas tree in Rome's Piazza Venezia is one of the city's familiar festive sights If you are a food lover, Italy is one of the ...

Inspector Mallett joins the ranks of fictional detectives who like a good lunch Tenant for Death is published by Faber and Faber When two ...