Devices and Desires by P D James
A serial killer, dubbed the “Whistler”, is stalking Norfolk’s quiet lanes in this Adam Dalgleish mystery by P D James.
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A serial killer, dubbed the “Whistler”, is stalking Norfolk’s quiet lanes in this Adam Dalgleish mystery by P D James.
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The master of the spy thriller pulls no punches over the dubious goings-on post-WW2 between the British, US and German governments.
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During the rise of the Third Reich, the world is in turmoil, friendships are tested beyond their limits and trust is destroyed.
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The story A group of people toil across a scorching desert towards a weird shelter on stilts: the ‘shuck’ they call home. Shimmering on the horizon, silhouettes, recognisable as once-thriving cities from disparate continents. Now abandoned and derelict, subject to wind and the relentless scouring sand, one of them holds the key to their survival
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ISBN: 9781408808979, Bloomsbury Patricia Highsmith is best known for her morally ambiguous suspense novels, including Strangers on a Train. Her biographer, Joan Schenkar, said Highsmith’s characters were so psychologically threatening that even her most devoted readers hoped never to recognise themselves in her novels. In 1952, at the start of her career, Highsmith wrote Carol
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Margaret Murphy talks to crime authors Elly Griffiths and Rhiannon Ward about the gothic in crime, from Poe and Wilkie Collins to Conan Doyle, and explore the popularity of gothic elements in modern crime fiction. What makes the weird and spooky in gothic crime so attractive to modern readers? Video recorded at Perfect Crime UK 2020. Get DON’T
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Join Margaret Murphy for a privileged glimpse of the emotional, funny – and hair-raising(!) – stories behind the stories of psychological suspense writers Jane Corry and Amanda Brooke. How do writers get inside the mind of a murderer? How does research inform their creation of damaged mentalities, or even psychopaths? Recorded at Perfect Crime UK, November 2020 Get
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Shelf Indulgence review of John le Carre’s first George Smiley novel, by crime writer, Margaret Murphy
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Why is it that we see the same names over and over again, when there are many more talented authors out there who don’t get a look-in? Why are women reluctant to submit their writing to publishers? How are books marketed? A few of the questions Margaret Murphy, award-winning crime novelist, a 24-year veteran of
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Chris High had some good things to say about Before He Kills Again on Liverpool Live, 24/7! ‘Her writing is up there with the very best . . . She is one of the most underrated crime writers out there.’ ‘It is brilliant!’ ‘Cassie is feisty but likeable.’ ‘You can smell the fog wrapping itself
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