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By Paddy
In Articles, Branding, Business, crime, Design, Education, Explainer, fiction, history, Lifestyle, movies, research, writing
Posted May 23, 2018

What is Justy Flanagan wearing?

One of the most absorbing parts of writing historical fiction is the deep dive you make into the small stuff. What did people eat? What kinds of houses did they live in? What did they wear? The [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Branding, Business, crime, Design, Education, Explainer, fiction, history, research, writing
Posted May 11, 2018

The best historical map site on the web

I’m writing historical novels, so I use old maps a lot in my research. Over the last few years, more and more map owners have put their maps on the web, so it’s become increasingly [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Branding, crime, Design, Economy, Education, fiction, history, Marketing, Reviews, writing
Posted May 9, 2018

My new cover.

Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the official hardback cover of The Devil’s Half Mile. It arrived the mail the other day – or at last a half dozen covers arrived, in a long flat [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, crime, Education, non fiction
Posted April 24, 2018

The body in the water

On Saturday 19 August 1797, just after seven o’clock in the morning, New York’s Catherine Market burst into an uproar. Shoppers and traders rushed to Catherine Slip, at the lower end of the [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, crime, Economy, Education, fiction, history, research
Posted March 27, 2018

City Hall Park: green since 1776

City Hall Park is one of those rare quarters of New York – a green space that has remained green since it was first laid down by the city planners. You can see quite clearly from the four [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Business, crime, fiction, writing
Posted March 5, 2018

Jack Reacher Coffee!

I just discovered Jack Reacher coffee. I love the blurb: “Robust. Full-bodied. Battle-tested.” Marketing hyperbole aside, it sounds like it ticks the box for Reacher’s taste. [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Business, crime, Education, fiction, writing
Posted November 21, 2017

A brand new jacket

I’m excited to reveal the US cover for my debut novel, The Devil’s Half Mile. It’s a historical crime thriller, based in New York in 1799. The book comes out on June 5 next [...]

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By Paddy
In crime, Education, fiction, research, writing
Posted November 20, 2017

Harry Crews

I read somewhere that Harry Crews was a big influence in Michael Connelly’s life, both as a teacher and a writer. But Connelly said of Crews’ body of work, the book that affected him [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Branding, crime, fiction, Interviews, writing
Posted September 26, 2017

Kill someone! Great lines from the biggest reviewer of crime.

“I will never read a normal novel. I just can’t. I won’t. I mean, I keep saying, you know, where’s the body? Kill someone! Let’s get out of here! Let’s move [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, crime, fiction, psychological crime fiction, writing
Posted September 24, 2017

It’s all in their heads

Next month is the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention. Inevitably known as Bouchercon, it’s an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction. [...]

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