Inspector Alleyn

Cover Image-Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh http://amzn.to/2BTGZeh

Review: Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh

Adaptations, Book Reviews, Classic Mysteries, Vintage Style / By Ellen Seltz

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a warm, safe, and fun holiday celebration. And I hope those who don’t celebrate Christmas were more amused than annoyed by those of us who do. I wasn’t sure whether I’d get to read and review a holiday mystery this month, because my hands were always full with work, …

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Author Inspiration: Ngaio Marsh

Behind the Scenes, Book Reviews, Classic Mysteries / By Ellen Seltz

Contemporary cozy author Rachael Rawlings recently asked me to contribute to a profile post, along with several other women writers. The theme was starting a fiction career after age forty. I shared with her my own career change and in particular, the woman who made me consider it possible: New Zealand’s Queen of Crime, Ngaio …

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