I have a Facebook page called ‘Criminal Intent’ which is dedicated to crime in fact and fiction (please feel free to throw it a Like). I regularly post links to press reports on cases which catch my interest from across the world or news on crime fiction.
Instead of plaguing everyone with alerts for each individual post I’ll now gather these twice a week here and post an alert for that.
Here’s the first clutch of crime…
Crime writers have returned from the Theakston Crime Festival in Harrogate, some with hangovers, others with awards.
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A brutal murder has exposed links between Chinese officials and mystics.
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Crime writers are hitting problems because of the advance in forensics. I know from experience this is true.
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I first picked this up from elsewhere for my Criminal Intent Facebook page a couple of weeks ago, but it’s spread bit since then. It’s a great story and worth repeating:
Some of my favourite Agatha Christie stories have featured Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. There was a series in the 80s on ITV but the Beeb have now made a fresh one, although I remain doubtful about David Walliams as Tommy.
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