“Frankly, the facts are exasperating.” #GACrime #BLCC

If you've ever thought that locked room mysteries must be a bit boring or repetitive, a new anthology from British Library Publishing will go a long way in dispelling those ideas! "As If By Magic", edited by the esteemed Martin Edwards, is a sparkling and varied new collection of 16 impossible crime stories which demonstrates strongly that there are so many ways to tell this kind of tale.

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“Frankly, the facts are exasperating.” #GACrime #BLCC

If you’ve ever thought that locked room mysteries must be a bit boring or repetitive, a new anthology from British Library Publishing will go a long way in dispelling those ideas! “As I…

Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings

“…hatred, fear envy; which will it prove to be this time…” #GAcrime

I'm gradually making my way through the most recent set of review copies kind provided by British Library Publishing, and was moved towards the end of August to pick up "Scandalize My Name" by Fiona Sinclair (yes, I'm that all over the place with my reviewing just now!) The premise sounded irresistible - a malicious charmer found dead in the basement of a large London house - and the book turned out to…

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“…hatred, fear envy; which will it prove to be this time…” #GAcrime

I’m gradually making my way through the most recent set of review copies kind provided by British Library Publishing, and was moved towards the end of August to pick up “Scandalize My N…

Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings