Life OF Crime HEROES OF CRIME WRITING REVEAL THEIR INFLUENCES AND INSPIRATIONS

THIS ISSUE Ex-CID officer and Theakstons Prize winner CLARE MACKINTOSH

 What’s the very first crime novel you ever remember reading? “I think I’d probably murder someone – that would be great research, wouldn’t it?” Well, my first crime novel – if you discount The Secret Seven and their detective exploits – would have been And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. She’s just the master of plotting, so that was a great grounding. What’s your favourite crime novel ever and why? Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was my first insight into domestic suspense – that would be one that I would read again and again. It’s the characters and the sort of creeping dread that runs through the book that I love. Who has been your role model? I really look up to Mark Billingham and Peter James, not only…

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