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“Pacy, witty, succinct” – CrimeTime review of Dead Ringer

“Pacy, witty, succinct” – CrimeTime review of Dead Ringer

Bob Cornwell gives his review of Dead Ringer for CrimeTime. “When I first met my double, I was disappointed how little she looked like me.” So thinks Ella Mosier, 24, a native of Walney Island, close by Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria as she meets Jemima Coottes-Mitchell, 25,  London for the first time. Both have been intrigued by…

The North/South Divide in Crime Fiction (guest feature on CrimeTime)

The North/South Divide in Crime Fiction (guest feature on CrimeTime)

I wrote a feature for CrimeTime about the North/South divide in crime fiction and how setting can impact on a story. Name an island off the coast of England. Isle of Wight? Isle of Man? Maybe Lundy, if you’re feeling clever. How about Walney Island? It’s an island, a beautiful windswept island, off the north…