by Mary Speaking of Macbeth, on being informed Birnam Wood was on the move he must have been horrified, recalling the prophecy he would n...

by Mary We spent the first week of August pacing up and down the battlements of Maywrite Towers, staring hopefully down the road and, it mu...

by Mary We now return to our continuing series titled When Household Machinery Goes Rogue. In Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Lord Byron ...

by Mary As with all readers, bookcases have been a constant presence in my living spaces. The first graced a Victorian terraced house, ...

by Mary Dining by candlelight sounds romantic but not when there's been no power for almost a week. Such was the case when the 1978...

by Mary Years ago, a friend who lived in the Middle East at the time mentioned she had met another expat who worked for the BBC. who obse...

by Mary When I mentioned my intent was to talk about "tubbies" this time round, Mr Maywrite asked me if the word was a Britishi...

by Mary We are not two to boast, but a few years ago we outdid Herman Melville in that Three For A Letter features not one but two whales...

by Mary I must be one of only a handful of mystery writers who've been aboard a steam train held up by a gang of desperadoes on hors...

by Mary There were no Christmas railways for us, I fear, although we sometimes saw engines chugging along the lining running behind the ...

by Mary This is the time of year when those who celebrate Christmas will be setting up and decorating their festive tree. Many of our orna...

by Mary Fruitcake is much mocked. Not by me, however, for whenever I see one it reminds me of my first Christmas in this country. At th...

by Mary I laughed out loud when I recently read an exchange in Paul McGuire's Threepence To Marble Arch -- the title refers to bus fare...

At Anastasia Pollack's Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers Mary talks about where some odd places she's found plot ideas. Read The E...

by Mary MR TREADGOLD CUTS IN is a fitting name for a collection of short stories, by Valentine Williams, relating various investigations ...

At PJ Nunn's bookbrowsing, Mary offers some tips and Interet resources for Naming Your Characters .

At bookreporter -- Author Talk Mary explains how we connected with the Press, the amount of research that goes into recreating the world o...

At AnneLouiseBannon.com Mary ponders what makes a book cover pop, stand out, make you want to buy? Read Mary's survey of book covers.

by Mary I may be the last one to have seen this gem but I must say I really enjoyed The Master Mystery, stated to have been "Novelize...

by Mary The Mystery of the Ravenspurs relates the mortal peril faced by a family of ancient lineage residing in a castle within sight of ...