Category: Detective and crime fiction
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Ambrose Parry – The Death of Shame (2025)
Preamble Check out my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Or, if you’re a particular Edinburgh enthusiast, try my novella Researcher Wanted, available on…
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Victoria Dowd – Body on the Island (2021)
Review This is the second in the Smart Women series, featuring mother and daughter Ursula and Pandora Smart (in-world, supposedly not their real names), aunt Charlotte, and godmother Mirabelle, plus…
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Martin Edwards – Blackstone Fell (2022)
Preamble Take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Review It’s been a while since I reviewed something that I learnt…
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Arthur Conan Doyle – The Sign of the Four (1890)
Preamble If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Or you can take a look at my short story…
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Carole Lawrence — Edinburgh Twilight (2017)
If you’re interested in nineteenth-century historical crime fiction, take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; available now! Or if you’re a fan…
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Jasper Fforde – The Eyre Affair (2001)
Take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Review A slightly absurdist debut novel from the turn of the century, The…
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Ian Moore – Death and Croissants (2021)
Review I have had a soft spot for Brits-in-France narratives ever since falling in love as a teenager with Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence. As a cosy mystery of…
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Fiona Veitch Smith – The Picture House Murders (2023)
Preamble Take a look at my short story collection of cosy mysteries featuring Victorian “lady detective” Meinir Davies; order now! Review This was one of my impulsive Libby selections. I have seen…
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Batya Gur – Murder Duet: A Musical Case (1999)
Preamble If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Or you can take a look at my short story…
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Vaseem Khan – Midnight at Malabar House (2020)
Preamble If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Or you can take a look at my short story…
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