Reviews

‘Christine Poulson’s wonderful sense of place brings Cambridge to life. Cassie overcomes the problems facing her with wit and guile aplenty and ensures the reader’s empathy from first word to last . . . an enthralling and engaging read that underlines Christine’s burgeoning reputation as a crime novelist to watch.’ [Stage Fright]

- SHOTS MAGAZINE
Cosy crime-writers?

Cosy crime-writers?

Posted on May 19, 2014 in Christopher Fowler, cosy mysteries, Helen Smith, Jill Paton Walsh, Martin Walker | 4 Comments

It was a pleasure to find myself moderating a Crimefest panel featuring some of my favourite writers. From the left it is Christopher Fowler, me, Jill Paton Walsh, Helen Smith, and Martin Walker. The subject was ‘The Contemporary Cosy: Is there Life Left in the Golden Age?’ and I asked everyone if they considered themselves […]

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Reading on the train

Posted on May 16, 2014 in Christopher Fowler, Helen Smith, Jill Paton Walsh. Crimefest, Martin Walker, Reading on the train | 2 Comments

This, for me, is one of the great pleasures in life: a long train journey and a good book is a prospect to relish. It wasn’t a very long journey from Sheffield to Bristol and it involved a tedious change at Birmingham, one of the most inconvenient and dreary stations I know. But I did […]

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