All Blog Posts Tagged 'Agatha' (9)

Pauline Rowson explains how she uses time frames in novels when writing the DI Andy Horton crime series

Time frames in novels, and particularly when writing a series, as I do with the DI Andy Horton novels, are a tricky thing. There is ‘real time’ and there is ‘fictional time’.

In ‘real time’ I write two DI Horton novels a year whereas in ‘fictional time’ the current novels are set over a period of sixteen months, which means there are an awful lot of murders in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, making it…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on November 12, 2013 at 9:18pm — No Comments

Lee Child, Agatha Christie, Christmas short stories, giveaways & more in KRL this week

In the new issue of Kings River Life today we have the last of our Christmas mystery short stories, this one by Gail Farrelly http://kingsriverlife.com/12/22/silver-bells-a-christmas-mystery-short-story/ (there will be a Christmas fantasy story on Christmas Eve)

In case you missed it-we had some other ones go up during the week so be sure and check them out in our Terrific Tales section…

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Added by Lorie Ham on December 23, 2012 at 5:16am — No Comments

Agatha Christie, mystery cookbooks, fantasy & more in new KRL issue

New issue of Kings River Life is up and again filled with mystery fun. We have a fun article on mystery cookbooks by Janet Rudolph http://kingsriverlife.com/07/21/recipe-for-murder/

We have an interview with mystery author Dianne Emley, a review of her latest book "Fast Friends"and a chance to win a copy of the book…

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Added by Lorie Ham on July 22, 2012 at 4:40am — No Comments

For Arabs: democracy, then crime fiction

Crime fiction may not be the first thing on the minds of the protesters taking to the streets for democracy across the Arab world. But one of the offshoots of the downfall of Arab dictators is sure to be an explosion of thrillers and mysteries.

Until now there has been almost no crime fiction written in Arabic. A couple of little-known writers in Egypt and Morocco have…

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Added by Matt Rees on February 24, 2011 at 6:54pm — 3 Comments

Overturning detective fiction: everyone's guilty in my novels

The “Golden Age” of the detective story was the 1920s and 1930s. It was a turbulent period. In Britain, the General Strike. In the U.S., the Depression. Civil war in Spain, and in Germany the rise of the Nazis. Red scares everywhere, fascists too.

But the detective story provided solace to those who lived in such ugly times. In the model utilized by Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, the story ended with one criminal fingered by the detective.…

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Added by Matt Rees on September 9, 2010 at 8:17pm — 2 Comments

"THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY" CELEBRATES AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 120th BIRTHDAY

"THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY" CELEBRATES AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 120th BIRTHDAY on SEPTEMBER 15

If you live in the Chicago area, you won't want to miss "The Body in the Library", a free Love is Murder preview celebrating the birthday of the grand…

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Added by Love Is Murder Conference on August 29, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

Agatha's 120th birthday!

Love is Murder and the Schaumburg Township Library will host "The Body in the Library," (named for one of the grand dame's novels) a free "mini-con" in observance of Agatha Christie's birthday on Sept. 15 from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

The featured event will be a panel discussion on the writing process as it pertains to women balancing housekeeping, raising a family and often a full- or part-time job with writing, as compared the relatively few stay-at-home dad authors, with Chicagoland-based… Continue

Added by Juli schatz on August 17, 2010 at 4:04am — No Comments

Review: A Deadly Trade, Michael Stanley

A week ago I reviewed A Carrion Death, written by Michael Stanley (the pen name of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip). Not only was it a strong first attempt at a crime novel set in an exotic setting, it was also a sheer act of determination and personal marketing that eventually saw the book break through to the LA Times bestseller.

A Deadly Trade

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Added by Richard Kunzmann on May 14, 2009 at 5:46pm — No Comments

All about Agatha

Did you know Agatha Christie only received 25 pounds for her first mystery, The Mysterious Affair at Styles? And that wasn't even an advance. She only got that because someone agreed to serialize it, and that was her take.

I've been asked to write the introductions to two of Christie's novels; Styles, which introduced Hercule Poirot, and… Continue

Added by Clea Simon on July 4, 2008 at 3:00am — No Comments