Somewhere on my shelves stands a treasured 1936 first edition of a publication called Murder Off Miami. With the cover strapline ‘Dennis Wheatley presents a new era in crime fiction – a murder mystery planned by J G Links’, this so-called ‘crime dossier’ invited readers to solve the murder of British financier Bolitho Blane through the hands-on experience of examining facsimiles of police reports, photographs and various pieces of evidence including yacht blueprints, cigarette stubs and human hair.

Dec 2009

The Old Man & the Signorina

No More Respected and More Read than Johnson

Dreaming of Gondar

A Case of Identity

Upwards from Everest

The Great Globe Itself

Day of the Journalist

Andrew Lycett Talks To Jan Morris

Half The World Away

Following The Pharohs

Love Behind A Mask

1968 And All That

Charm, Guile and Gab

Camouflage Expert

Gertrude Stein’s Bra

Murder Most Fouled-Up

For the Sake of Dahoum

The Adventure of the Concealed Manuscript

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Making A Killing

Inspector Bucket Calls

The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief

Who’s Listening In?

‘Drink Up, Dear’

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