Category: Detective and crime fiction

  • Book launch day!

    It’s finally here. Official Book Launch Day. It’s been a while since I finished writing this, but I’m still deeply excited about it. Across 12 stories set in the late-C19,…

    Book launch day!
  • Margalit Fox – Conan Doyle for the Defence (2018)

    Preamble As I read and write and think a lot about detective and crime fiction, I’ve a series of reviews on the theme. Sadly, capacity is too limited to cover…

    Margalit Fox – Conan Doyle for the Defence (2018)
  • Eliza Clark – Penance (2023)

    Preamble As I read and write and think a lot about detective and crime fiction, I’ve a series of reviews on the theme. Sadly, capacity is too limited to cover…

    Eliza Clark – Penance (2023)
  • Countdown to book day: Victorian detective stories

    My short story collection featuring Sherlock Holmes and a brand new Victorian female detective, The Meinir Davies Casebook, is coming out this month — 19 October, although preorders and Kickstarter…

    Countdown to book day: Victorian detective stories
  • Seishi Yokomizo – The Village of Eight Graves (1950)

    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…

    Seishi Yokomizo – The Village of Eight Graves (1950)
  • Josephine Tey – The Man in the Queue (1929)

    Preamble As I read and write and think a lot about detective and crime fiction, I’ve a series of reviews on the theme. Sadly, capacity is too limited to cover…

    Josephine Tey – The Man in the Queue (1929)
  • Laurie R King – A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995)

    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…

    Laurie R King – A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995)
  • Seishi Yokomizo – The Honjin Murders (1946)

    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…

    Seishi Yokomizo – The Honjin Murders (1946)
  • Friedrich Dürrenmatt – The Judge and His Hangman (1950)

    Preamble If you’re interested in reading my academic work about detective and crime fiction (free PDFs available), check it out here. Or check out my short story collection featuring Victorian female…

    Friedrich Dürrenmatt – The Judge and His Hangman (1950)
  • CL Tolbert – The Legacy (2023)

    Preamble The ‘see also’ section below gives you a hint of the story, its themes, and its style, and is spoiler-free, but reviews themselves aren’t guaranteed to be thus! If…

    CL Tolbert – The Legacy (2023)