As the author of the Miriam bat Isaac Mystery Series, folks often ask me which mysteries are my favorites. Hard question. I’ve read mysteries my entire life and still do. But the following three in no particular order stand out as my all-time favourites. 1) The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle The…
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CRIMINALLY GOOD: interview with author Val Penny
1) So, who are you and what have you written? I’m Val Penny and I am an American author living in SW Scotland where I live with my Scottish husband and two cats. I have a Law degree from Edinburgh University and an MSc from Napier University. Throughout my life to date, I have had many…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Simon Hall, author & crime correspondant
1) So, who are you & what have you written? Until recently, I was a BBC news correspondent, but I left the corporation at the start of the year to write and teach full time. I have written seven novels in my TV detective series, along with short stories, a play based on the books,…
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1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Joel Hames, I’m a Londoner exiled to the rural north west of England, and I’ve written three novels. Bankers Town, my debut, was published in 2014. It’s a tragi-comic tale of the world of the City up to and beyond the 2008 crash. That…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Sophie Hannah, author
1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Sophie Hannah: a crime writer, a poet and (more recently, and to my huge surprise) the co-creator of a murder mystery musical. My latest published book is Did You See Melody?. It’s a contemporary crime novel set in Arizona, though it has a British heroine who has kind of run away from home…
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1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Richard Dee, I normally write Science Fiction and Steampunk adventures, they have an element of crime in them, but more as an aside to a conspiracy style adventure than as a specific “whodunit.” However, I’ve started writing what I hope will be a series…
Continue ReadingBOOK VERSUS FILM: Which Murder On The Orient Express is on the Right Track?
The Book When Murder on the Orient Express was published in 1934, Agatha Christie is already the Queen of Crime. She was a literary phenomenon that has created one of the most enduring sleuths of all times, pedantic, vain Belgian Hercule Poirot, famous for his outsized moustache and his unparalleled use of the little grey…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: interview with author Caroline England
1) So, who are you & what have you written? Hello Lucy! I’m Caroline England, a former lawyer turned author. My debut book, Beneath the Skin, was published by Avon HarperCollins on 5 October this year. You can find me @CazEngland on Twitter, cazengland1 on Instagram and you can LIKE my Facebook page. My second book, My…
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1) Who are you and what have you written? I write contemporary literary fiction – you can check out my Amazon page HERE. I blog occasionally HERE, and my twitter handle is @cassandrajaneuk (which is apparently horrifically rude in Dutch, but I’m too stubborn to change it). The Winter’s Child is my fourth novel, and…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: interview with author Holly Seddon
1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Holly Seddon and I’m about to publish my second suspense novel, Don’t Close Your Eyes. My first novel Try Not to Breathe was published in 2016 and – although it sets off my British anti-bragging alarm to say this – it became a bestseller….
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