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Write On: January 2011
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Write On is the radio show of the Otago Southland branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors, broadcast on Otago Access Radio 105.4 FM. Monday, January 17, 2011. This show is a summer selection of a couple of interviews with international authors who came visiting in 2010. Scottish Crime writer Val McDermid. Was in Dunedin recently to promote her latest novel Trick of the Dark. McDermid is internationally renowned for her crime fiction and in particular her Wire in the Blood. Is a man of many talents&#...
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Overkill: Why crime writers struggle to write theses
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Thoughts from the mind of a serial crime writer. Sunday, January 11, 2015. Why crime writers struggle to write theses. This academic writing business is strange. And you'd think that someone who is accustomed to sitting herself down and writing 1000 words a day on a novel would have a distinct advantage when it came to the long haul of writing a thesis. But apparently not! And it is my crime writer side that is struggling the most. Want to know why? Every creative urge in my mind fights against it. Duned...
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Overkill: The Farm by Tom Robb Smith
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Thoughts from the mind of a serial crime writer. Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The Farm by Tom Robb Smith. By Tom Robb Smith. So we have Daniel caught in the middle. Does he believe his father - that Tilde is psychotic and that all this evidence she is building is all in her head and that she's making something out of nothing? Or does he believe his mother - the woman before him with her bag full of her evidence, calmly and systematically building up the chain of events? April 29, 2014 at 3:30 PM. Interesting...
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Overkill: Vintage Murder
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Thoughts from the mind of a serial crime writer. Friday, January 22, 2010. This is the first of Ngaio Marsh's Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn novels to be set in New Zealand, so it was fun to see what picture of New Zealand the author painted. In fact the picture she painted would have done the boffins at the New Zealand tourism industry proud; clean, green and beautiful. Not one to be able to turn down helping to unravel a murder, Alleyn finds himself assisting the local constabulary. Writing ...
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Overkill: The Ngaio Marsh Challenge
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Thoughts from the mind of a serial crime writer. Sunday, September 28, 2008. The Ngaio Marsh Challenge. Inspired by the recent Joanne Drayton. Biography, Ngaio Marsh: Her life in Crime. And crime fiction addict Kerrie. Over at Mysteries in Paradise. And her Agatha Christie reading challenge, I have decided to do the patriotic thing and undertake a Ngaio Marsh challenge. That is to read all of her mystery novels in the order they were published - 32 in total, thank you very much. A Man Lay Dead (London 19...
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Overkill: Old time Crime
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Thoughts from the mind of a serial crime writer. Saturday, July 19, 2008. I've been discovering the wonderful world of Ngaio Marsh. After preaching the literary gospel of don't leave town till you've seen the country, I'm practicing what I preach by reading as much of her work as possible before I go to The Press Christchurch Writer's festival. There will be quite an accent on Ngaio Marsh, with the new autobiography by Joanne Drayton. So I'm looking forward to a wallow. Pretty good for a kiwi gal. Fifi V...
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Overkill: Death in a White Tie
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Thoughts from the mind of a serial crime writer. Monday, June 7, 2010. Death in a White Tie. The debutante season is a highly competitive display of social standing in London. Debutantes and their chaperones plan grand events to ensure the young woman are properly brought out into the world. The back cover blurb of my copy of the book includes this endorsement from Dashiell Hammett. Ngaio Marsh's Death in a White Tie is the best detective story I have ever read.". Vanda - Thanks for this review. I ha...
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Overkill: The Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Fiction ... Finalist!
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Thoughts from the mind of a serial crime writer. Saturday, October 19, 2013. The Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Fiction . Finalist! I'm rapt with the news The Faceless. Has been names as a finalist in the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Fiction. My fellow finalists for the award this year are:. Paul Thomas - Death on Demand. Paul Cleave - The Laughterhouse. Julian Novitz - Little Sister. The winner will be announced on the 2nd of December. So very happy for you, Vanda! October 19, 2013 at 11:31 AM.
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Overkill: Wake by Elizabeth Knox
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Thoughts from the mind of a serial crime writer. Sunday, June 15, 2014. Wake by Elizabeth Knox. Elizabeth Knox is the very popular New Zealand Author of books such as The Vintner's Luck. Books and very recently Mortal Fire. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Dunedin, New Zealand. When I'm not writing Crime novels I'm busy being a Domestic Goddess and queen of my household in Dunedin. I am the author of the Sam Shephard detective series, published by Penguin New Zealand. They are Overkill, The Ri...Wake ...
