Back in 2014, I co-hosted a conference in London with the title Queens of Crime. As part of the festivities, we asked speakers to name their...

When I was twelve, I started running out of Agatha Christie books to read. This meant two things: first, I would have to ration the remaini...

The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde by Erle Stanley Gardner (1944). Perry Mason is in fine form, in a world of seedy families and glamorous b...

A delightful and very brief short story that is collected in Fen Country ,   'Death and Aunt Fancy' (1953) is being issued to reader...

This review was first published on Goodreads in 2013. The House of Silk (2011) has been touted as the first ever Sherlock Holmes continuat...

Caroline Graham is based in Suffolk (where I live!) and is best-known as the creator of ITV's Midsomer Murders -- although has a justif...

Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway (2013) is the second in a series by Sara Gran and as yet her most recent book. I won this intriguingl...