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‘My favourite type of mystery, suspenseful, and where everyone is not what they appear . . . Christine is great at creating atmosphere . . . she evokes the magic of the stage, and her characters [have] a past to be uncovered before the mystery is solved.’ [Stage Fright]

- Lizzie Hayes, MYSTERY WOMEN

Ten novels set in the theatre

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 in Christopher Fowler, Donna Leon, Glen David Gold, Gwendoline Butler, Helen McCloy, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Penelope Fitzgerald, Sarah Rayne, Simon Brett | 8 Comments

Along with my good blogfriend Moira at http://clothesinbooks.blogspot.co.uk I am posting my list of ten novels with theatrical settings. Theatres are closed communities of people engaged in a very stressful profession and so make wonderful settings – for crime novels in particular. Actors are good at lying. Deceiving people is what they do for living. And […]

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