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Inspector Thomas Lynley is a character featured in a series of mystery novels by American author Elizabeth George. Inspector Lynley is the 8th Earl of Asherton. Lynley and his partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers are with Scotland Yard. Several of the Inspector Lynley novels have been adapted for the BBC series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
We recently posted about the possible redevelopment of Arthur Conan Doyle’s former home, Undershaw. Well, it turns out that the high court has determined that the house will not be up for redevelopment. The plan was to convert the house into eight separate houses.
Titan Books and Hard Case Crime have announced that it will publish the upcoming Stephen King novel titled Joyland. King is the world’s best-selling active novelist and has over 300 million books currently in print. The book is set in a North Carolina amusement park back in 1973, where a college student is going to […]
Starting May 30th and ending May 31st, Lost in Infinity by Travis Besecker will be available for free for all Kindle users and Kindle app users. The novel is a psychological thriller about a chronic insomniac who fears infinity. The narrator tries to unlock repressed memories through a schizophrenic relationship with his own subconscious.
The Brevard County Library system in Florida had pulled the Fifty Shades trilogy from its shelves because, after reading reviews (not the books themselves!), they were deemed “semi-pornographic.” However, due to public demand, the libraries have changed their tune and are now going to allowing the Fifty Shades books onto their shelves after all.
Terry Pratchett has won a unique award for his 50th novel, Snuff. The award is the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. His work was referred to as “consistently funny with an acute, satirical view of the world.”
Paramount has re-titled the upcoming Jack Reacher moving starring Tom Cruise. Originally, it was to be titled “One Shot,” which is the title of the novel by Lee Child. Instead, it will be called “Jack Reacher.”
You might be interested in what Stephenie Meyer has to say about Fifty Shades – the trilogy that was inspired by her Twilight series. She said she hasn’t read it yet, but she is honoured by it.
Elizabeth George is an American author who is the creator of the Inspector Lynley character and series. As indicated by the “Inspector” title her character uses, her books fall into the detective and mystery genres. Although she is American, her character is British and her books are set in Great Britain. Elizabeth is not to […]
Paul Chavasse is a fictional character created by British author Jack Higgins. Chavasse works for The Bureau as an agent. The Bureau is a secret department of British Intelligence, which is disguised as a London import/export company. Chavasse is half-English, half-French and is multilingual.