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Image: Dave Merrett Our Bookhounds love a good mystery and crime thriller- and the gripping plots and atmospheric settings of Elly Griffiths' Galloway and Mephisto series and her stand-alone novels such as The Stranger Diaries are a firm favourite with our readers, with our Best of Elly Griffiths Bundle flying off the virtual "shelves". This June, fans of Ms Griffiths will have the chance to hear her talk about her latest Galloway book The Locked Door in the stunning setting of Chichester Cathedral, as well as discussing her novels set in West Sussex.  But it's not just good news for Sussex-based Bookhounds; the event is accessible both in person and online via live-stream.  To learn more about the event and buy tickets click here Happy reading! ...

Bookhound investigates three of our favourite female crime writers: Patricia Cornwell, Lynda La Plante and Martina Cole  One is the Miami born daughter of a lawyer who began her writing career as a journalist, one a former RADA trained actress from Liverpool, one a one-time convent school girl raised on an Essex council estate - but what do these three Queens of Crime fiction have in common?    They have overcome adversity...  Patricia Cornwell had a turbulent childhood, marked by the absence of her father and her mother's struggle with mental health, resulting in her being fostered. Martina Cole was expelled from school aged 15, Before finding success as a writer she worked in a series of low-paid jobs, including as a...