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‘One of those rare gems that comes to the reviewer out of the blue . . . enough twists to shame a cobra . . . the story fairly rips along, defying the reader to put the book down . . . Christine Poulson should be heralded as the fine entrant to the world of crime fiction she most certainly is.’ [Stage Fright]

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Why I don’t want to be in a Ngaio Marsh

Why I don’t want to be in a Ngaio Marsh

Posted on Jul 12, 2020 in Agatha Christie, Dead Water, Dorothy L Sayers, False Scent, Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death | 6 Comments

I have finished my Ngaio Marsh binge. I have not read all of them – nor do I intend to – but I have read a lot, around twenty. And a couple of things stand out. One is that by the end of my marathon read, I had a pretty good idea who the culprit […]

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Writing a locked room mystery

Posted on Jul 1, 2020 in 'The House in Goblin Wood', John Dickson Carr, Maxim Jakubowski, The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths | 4 Comments

I love a locked room mystery, so when the call came for contributions to an anthology of stories featuring impossible crimes, I jumped at the chance to write one of my own. My story, ‘The House by the Thames,’ is by way of being a tribute to the master of locked room mysteries, John Dickson […]

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