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

Desert Island Crime Fiction

Posted on May 13, 2014 in Crime novels, Desert Island, Dorothy L Sawyers, Frederic Brown, G. K. Chesterton. Rennie Airth, Josphine Tey, Michael Gilbert, Simeon, Sjöwall and Wahlöö | 2 Comments

I’m off to Crimefest – see crimefest.com – on Thursday where I am moderating a panel on the Contemporary Cosy. This has set me thinking about my all-time favourite crime novels and I’ve drawn up a desert island selection of eight classic crime novels or collections of stories that I’d be very happy to read again. In […]

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The Red Right Hand

The Red Right Hand

Posted on Feb 24, 2014 in Frederic Brown, Joel Townsley Rogers, Martin Edwards, The Night of the Jabberwock, The Red Right Hand | No Comments

I’m surprised that I’d never heard of The Red Right Hand by Joel Townsley Rogers (published 1945 and now available as e-book) until recently. What a novel! The author runs full tilt at the plot, pulling the reader along with him, and keeps going, the pace never slackening, until finally, finally, he skids to a […]

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