1920s . 1930s . Detective fiction . Game of Chance . Music
‘Strange how potent cheap music is…’ Listening to the sounds of the past
On 25 September 2015 by Christina KoningWhen you’re trying to recreate the past, there’s nothing quite so evocative as listening to the popular music of the era, which is what I’ve been doing for the past few months of researching and writing my soon-to-be-published novel, Game of Chance. The book is set in 1929, on the eve of the Wall Street
Detective fiction . First World War . Game of Chance . Historical Fiction
‘Sitting on a sofa, playing games of chance…’
On 31 March 2015 by AdminMy latest novel, Game of Chance – the second in a series of detective stories set in the late 1920s – centres, as the title suggests, around a game of cards, specifically, Solo Whist. I chose this particular game, rather than Bridge (which was actually more popular in the period I’ve been writing about) for
Detective fiction . Films . Game of Chance . Historical Fiction . Line of Sight . Novels
Dial ‘M’ for Murder – the telephone in twentieth century fiction
On 12 May 2014 by AdminHaving just published a novel – Line of Sight (Arbuthnot Books, 2014) – in which the telephone plays a key role, I’ve been thinking about the significance of this particular piece of technology, invented (or at least patented) in 1876, by Alexander Graham Bell, but only in common domestic use for around a hundred years.