I’ve always wanted to write a locked room mystery, and here we are in a locked world
Category: Crime Scene
Peter James talks about his mate Roy Grace, Super Recognisers and playing with time
He’s always been like a real character, almost like a mate to me
Reading Elly Griffiths, inspired by this blog
I’m now on The Chalk Pit which is the ninth and have no intention of stopping
The Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths
Immense warmth emanates from the pages of these books
Peter James
I have been surprised by Peter James’ detective novels, I never expected to experience the emotions I feel when reading them.
Elly Griffiths talks about misdirection, redemption and forensic botany …
I’m certainly attached to Ruth and Nelson in a way that means I can’t ever really just treat them as words on a page
Emily Winslow, a unique and original voice in crime fiction today
Emily Winslow, with her multiple narrators (reminiscent of Wilkie Collins’ great detective novel of 1868, The Moonstone) has introduced an unusual and distinctive voice into the world of contemporary crime fiction.
Emily Winslow talks about writing crime fiction
I think of myself as a crime writer, but with the very broadest definition of crime.
Alison Bruce talks about detective fiction
My mum read things like Agatha Christie and British, cosy crime, but then she tended to watch American crime on the TV. Dad would sit reading his book, being very disapproving.
Grace
At the beginning of lockdown in the spring of 2020 I thought I would make use of the extra time at home to catch up on my ever growing, and increasingly daunting ‘to be read’ pile