Tag: crime fiction
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, or why people in creepy houses shouldn’t throw fancy dress parties
Last week I finished reading Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (yeah I know, it’s a classic and I should have read it eons ago!). As a writer, you spend all your time searching for the book that will blow you away, hoping the next one will be spectacular, and the next one. And usually books…
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Darling Dramas: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Costume Exhibition at Rippon Lea House
Being a lover of dramatic overdressing and crime, I couldn’t help but fall in love with the TV show that is Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Based on the book series by Kerry Greenwood, Miss Phryne Fisher, lady detective, seems to always find her well-heeled foot in crime. She investigates with a pearl-handled gun, 1920s convertible,…