So farewell, February. Some good books, some less-so-good books, some decent films, at least one terrible film and twenty-eight days running being woken at 5:30 in the morning by my elderly cat who wants… something. Food, perhaps, maybe just knowing that we’re still around and not been swallowed by the duvet… who knows? I’m not […]

Outside the town of Woodsboro stands a house that has been the scene of two massacres, the Macher house, now transformed into some sort of Air BnB/museum to the various Ghostface killers. Well, it was standing before the latest guests come face-to-ghostface with the latest iteration of the killer in the mask. Meanwhile Sidney Prescott […]

The Hornville Museum in Widdlington is a stunning place to visit, especially if you like looking at taxidermy created by someone with a disinterest in making sure the front half of the creature matches the back half. But then the lights go out, and when they come back on again, the famous Widdlington Eagle, a […]

The Quaint Bookshop in Norcester High Street is the home to a reading group – not a book group – consisting of Professor Stone, a retired professor of Mathematics (yay), Lauren Sherwood, a would-be writer, Harrison Fforde, a very out-of-work actor and new recruit Bella Bourton. Assembled over the course of a year by the […]

Miles Despard lies dead, a victim of gastroenteritis – apparently. But why was a woman wearing period dress seen in his bedroom on the night of his death, a woman who left the room through a door that wasn’t there? His neighbour, Edward Stevens is interested when Despard’s nephew, Mark, tells of his concerns, but […]

Mr Fathom/Verity is staying at the Barnacle Hotel at Crab Point, off the Cornish Coast, in an attempt to acquire some rare antiquities from a local Captain. When that turns out to be a fool’s errand, luckily the greatest detective in the world has something to occupy him. Amongst his fellow guests is Celia Whitely, […]

It’s a bit tricky to write blurbs for short story collections, especially loosely themed ones. So, here’s a range of stories from the past forty years of the Crime Writers’ Association, collated by Martin Edwards. The authors in question are Anne Perry, Christine Poulson, Andrew Taylor, Amy Myers, Judith Cutler, Gillian Linscott, Martin Edwards, Bernie […]

Dagobert and Jane Brown are in New Mexico, heading to Alamogordo, to drop in on Dagobert’s old friend – or so he claims – Miranda Ross, a colleague from the war. Initially unable to wangle an invitation to the Palo Alto ranch where Miranda and her family and cohorts reside – it seems Dagobert may […]

Winter 1539. A Venetian has come to Florence with a plan. As Cesare Aldo finds hints of a conspiracy to assassinate the leader of the city, Duke Cosimo de Medici, but when the dust has settled and the bodies are still warm, it is clear that the bloodshed and violence was merely a distraction for […]

Following on from yesterday’s post, I’ve offered to do Kate a favour and present a summary of the nominations for the Dream Reprint 2025 poll that will run next weekend at Cross Examining Crime. Just a brief paragraph explaining the book, the premise, and so on. So off we go… The Case Of The Drowsy […]