Reviews

‘My favourite type of mystery, suspenseful, and where everyone is not what they appear . . . Christine is great at creating atmosphere . . . she evokes the magic of the stage, and her characters [have] a past to be uncovered before the mystery is solved.’ [Stage Fright]

- Lizzie Hayes, MYSTERY WOMEN

More Treasure

Posted on Oct 17, 2013 in CADS, Department of Dead Ends, Game without Rules, House of Stratus, Michael Gilbert, Roy Vickers | 4 Comments

In my previous blog I wondered if ebooks would herald a resurgence in the publication of short stories and novellas. What I hadn’t fully realised was the extent to which it is already far easier to get hold of collections of short stories that in the past have been very hard to find or prohibitively […]

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CADS

Posted on Jun 1, 2010 in Anthony Gilbert, CADS, Georgette Heyers, Hilda Lawrence, Sherlock Holmes | 4 Comments

CADS stands for a periodical called Crime and Detective Stories, ‘an irregular magazine of comment and criticism about crime and detective stories,’ to use the editor’s own words. It arrives through my letter-box around twice a year and and as I never know when it is going to appear, it always comes as a pleasant […]

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