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The Back Doors to Death – at Highgate Cemetery

Posted on 26 September 2018 by admin

I was so pleased to be asked to give a talk on Alfred Swaine Taylor and nineteenth-century forensic science at the legendary Highgate Cemetery. It’s where...

Books

The Back Doors to Death: Alfred Swaine Taylor talk at Highgate Cemetery – Thursday 20th September

Posted on 30 July 2018 by admin

Alfred Swaine Taylor, one of the most famous forensic scientists of his day, was laid to rest at Highgate Cemetery in north London in 1880. At my talk, find out...

Books/Reviews/Writing

The Guardian’s Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers

Posted on 8 July 2018 by admin

I had absolutely no idea at first that Fatal Evidence appeared in the Guardian’s Best summer books, as picked by writers. I noticed I had a new follower o...

Books/Out and about

Meet crime authors at Shrewsbury Waterstone’s

Posted on 6 April 2018 by admin

Meet crime authors from across the country at Shrewsbury Waterstone’s on Sunday 15th April from 2pm to 3.30pm. The branch is expanding its Crime Section, ...

Books/History

Alfred Swaine Taylor and The Poisoned Chocolates Case

Posted on 8 February 2018 by admin

It might seem odd to think that Alfred Swaine Taylor, who died in 1880, could have anything to do with Anthony Berkeley’s 1929 novel The Poisoned Chocolat...

Books/Films/Reviews/Television

Isolation in Iceland: thoughts on I Remember You

Posted on 28 November 2017 by admin

Having read Yrsa Sigurðardóttir’s novel I Remember You (Ég man þig) and seen the film adaptation, I found myself thinking about the theme of isolation. A ...

Books/History/Out and about

A trip to London

Posted on 9 October 2017 by admin

Having travelled to Rugeley and to Edinburgh in pursuit of Alfred Swaine Taylor for my book Fatal Evidence, it was time to go to London and Kent. He was born in...

Books/Out and about

A trip to Rugeley

Posted on 24 September 2017 by admin

One of Alfred Swaine Taylor‘s most famous cases was that of William Palmer, The Rugeley Poisoner. As I live in the West Midlands, Rugeley isn’t all ...

Books/History/Writing

A reading from Fatal Evidence

Posted on 11 September 2017 by admin

Alfred Swaine Taylor and the arsenic in the wallpaper

Books/Writing

When “used” is “new”

Posted on 10 September 2017 by admin

My second book was published on Monday. The copies arrived with my publisher on the Friday before. So imagine my surprise when, only a couple of days later, two...

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