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9 of Britain's 10 Bestselling Novels Begin With a Dead Woman. I Asked Authors, Literary Experts and a Criminal Behavioural Analyst Why

Women are crime fiction's biggest readers—but the genre's top stories still overwhelmingly begin with the murder of a woman. I spoke to bestselling authors and literary experts to find out why the "dead girl" refuses to die.

Marie Claire · Jul 19

The debut authors you’ll love in 2023

From the Londoner whose first book sold for a whopping seven figures to the food writer being compared to Nora Ephron, Francesca Brown compiles the year’s most hyped new writers ten literary names to know now

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2023

And then there were more: Knives Out, Agatha Christie and nonstop murder mystery boom

Classic murder yarns are back on our screens, inspired by the queen of crime fiction, but given a fresh twist to keep audiences on their toes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022