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Alcatraz Escape Remains a Mystery 50 Years On

It’s the stuff of legend. Fifty years ago, three men escaped from Alcatraz prison, setting out into the San Francisco Bay in a raft made of raincoats after tunneling out of their cells with spoons, and climbing to the prisons … Continue reading

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Edgar Awards: Best Mystery Books for 2012

All fans of mystery books will be familiar with the Edgar Awards, which is the Oscar for the mystery book genre. The awards, which have been in existence since the mid-1940s, was named after Edgar Allan Poe, and reward the … Continue reading

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Will The Casual Vacancy Win J.K. Rowling New Fans?

Mystery fans aren’t usually the Harry Potter type, but there’s a chance that they’ll like Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s new book, which she has assured the world will be a “proper adult book”. There’s of course the mystery of … Continue reading

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Bad Publicity is Still Publicity

Getting inspiration from someone else’s work, or a work influenced by someone else’s work is different from taking someone else’s idea and claiming it as yours. Worse, using other people’s published work and then passing it off as yours. In … Continue reading

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