mystery
The ghosts of wartime past: Simone St. James’ 1920s Gothic fiction
SJ: An Inquiry into Love and Death is set in post-WWI England, and the war still exerts a strong pull…
Three Queens and a Knave: Interview with C.W. Gortner
C. W. Gortner is one of the most successful writers of popular historical fiction to emerge in recent years. His…
The Fascination for Sister Fidelma
Peter Tremayne, pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis, was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, on March 10, 1943. His father, from Cork…
The Horrible Fascination
Most readers of historical fiction will have come across the work of the highly prolific Paul Doherty, also known as…
Toiling in the Trenches
STEVEN SAYLOR tells Sarah Cuthbertson how he unearths murder and mayhem in Ancient Rome (and finds a link to Bill…
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