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‘One of those rare gems that comes to the reviewer out of the blue . . . enough twists to shame a cobra . . . the story fairly rips along, defying the reader to put the book down . . . Christine Poulson should be heralded as the fine entrant to the world of crime fiction she most certainly is.’ [Stage Fright]

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Ten novels set in the theatre

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 in Christopher Fowler, Donna Leon, Glen David Gold, Gwendoline Butler, Helen McCloy, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Penelope Fitzgerald, Sarah Rayne, Simon Brett | 8 Comments

Along with my good blogfriend Moira at http://clothesinbooks.blogspot.co.uk I am posting my list of ten novels with theatrical settings. Theatres are closed communities of people engaged in a very stressful profession and so make wonderful settings – for crime novels in particular. Actors are good at lying. Deceiving people is what they do for living. And […]

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