H. R. F. Keating

Book Review: Vintage Crime edited by Martin Edwards

By Doreen Sheridan

August 14, 2020

The Crime Writers Association is a venerable society founded in 1953 to support, promote, and celebrate the overarching crime genre. While based in the UK, it also has many members from other nations. It is perhaps best known nowadays for awarding the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, honoring the year’s best crime writing. Since 1956, the…

Cover of The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall

Africa, India, and Alexander the Great

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

May 7, 2011

I like my cozies atmospheric and literate, and right now the prolific Alexander McCall Smith, who writes the “No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” books along with other series, is my benchmark cozy author. I’m looking for a backup.  The Man Who Died Laughing, is only Tarquin Hall’s second Vish Puri novel, and was selected by the…