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Margot Kinberg

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Crime Writer, Professor, Book Lover

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#BlogTour- Paul E. Hardisty-The Hope- @Hardisty_Paul @orendabooks

The year is 2082. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins. In the shadow of the Alpha-Omega regime – descendants of the super-rich architects of disaster – sixteen-year-old Bo…

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THE “MMM GOOD TRIFECTA”: Meta and Murder in the Movies

The latest class I’m taking at Stanford University is chock full of the stuff I love. In “Hollywood Looks at Itself,” we’re exploring films that turn a mirror on the art of filmmaking. Don’t let th…

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#FridayFun: One Sunny Day in Bucharest

It has been quite a harsh winter in Bucharest too: snow, ice, freezing cold, low clouds and fog. I had one sunny day while I was there last week and I made the most of it. The Hotel Lido has been r…

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“A truncated cone of flame…” #skyhigh #readindies

One indie press I’m always happy to spend time with is British Library Publishing; as is fairly obvious, I’m a huge fan of their Crime Classics and Women Writers imprints, and so #ReadI…

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The Monster in the Moonlight by Annelise Ryan

Fourth in this great paranormal mystery series.

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 5
Today on my blog: Now You Parlez-Vous Français* – Crime Writer Margot Kinberg share.google/KuvW8LTlaof1...
Now You Parlez-Vous Français*

One of the most important aspects of any culture is its language. That’s just as true in fiction as it is in real life. But that can sometimes present a challenge to authors. On the one hand, autho…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 5
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The Classics Club Spin #43

The Classics Club is holding its 43rd Spin, and my 23rd. The idea is to list 20 of the books on your Classics Club list before next Sunday, 8th February. On that day, the Classics Club will post th…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 5
Guilty by Definition by Suzie Dent #TheVirtualCrimeBookClub lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/02/05/g... > via @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social
Guilty by Definition by Suzie Dent #TheVirtualCrimeBookClub

She knew there’d be ghosts in Oxford, she just didn’t think they’d make their way to the dictionary. Book blurb Oxford, England. After a decade abroad, Martha Thornhill has returned home to the cit…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 4
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FUF-U-NUN-SQUARED-YUM: Home Sweet Homicide

An upcoming project for my Book Club has meant moving around my TBR pile. (I had to rent a forklift!) This is actually good news, for it means I finally get to tackle Home Sweet Homicide by Craig R…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 4
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“…none of Yermil’s plans succeeded.” #readindies #agreedypeasant

One of the things I love about independent presses is the wide variety of books they publish. Some will focus on new works which wouldn’t necessarily get a chance of exposure with a mainstrea…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 3
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In The Spotlight: Daniel Seller’s Murder on Skye

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 2
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Last-Minute Red Herrings: Perfecting the Mystery Misdirection – Elizabeth Spann Craig

Learn how to craft effective last-minute red herrings that divert readers just before revealing the true culprit.

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“…something painful twisted free.” #readindies @TheEmmaPress

The first book I want to share for #ReadIndies is from a small, Birmingham-based outfit called The Emma Press. I’ve featured their titles on the Ramblings before, and like previous books, thi…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 2
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The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

“Once again, Lawhon works storytelling magic with a real-life heroine.” People

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 2
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January 2026 Wrap-Up

I used to think that 6 was my lucky number and was really looking forward to 2016… and look how that turned out. So I’ve learnt to dampen down my expectations for 2026 and certainly the…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 2
LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2026 #SUDTP26 @dylanthomprize lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/02/02/l... > via @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social
LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2026 #SUDTP26 @dylanthomprize

Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2026 HARRIET ARMSTRONG | ISABELLE BAAFI | COLWILL BROWN | SASHA DEBEVEC-MCKENNEY | SUZANNAH V. EVANS | SEÁN HEWITT | KANZA JAVED | ESTHER IFESINACHI OKONKWO | …

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Ranked: Frédéric Dard Novels (in English translation)

Today’s list sees me ranking the work of Frédéric Dard. Please note the major caveat in the post title: this is not pretending to be a comprehensive list. Only a tiny fraction of his prolific…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 1
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Holmes on Film)

This post about The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes has been a surprisingly long time in the making. I had intended this film to be among the first entries in this Holmes on Film series.

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 1
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Karen Grose: All June Left Behind

Ray Meadows is a farmer whose wife June, was shot during a botched restaurant robbery on their 40th wedding anniversary. Two years later, the convicted killer is granted a new trial, and Ray’s frag…

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Haiku for Soulmates - Front Cover Reveal from Literary Revelations & New Info

Short Prose - Gabriela Marie Milton - Poet and Publisher, #1 Amazon Bestselling Author

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LitLinks – Elizabeth Spann Craig

LitLinks is a weekly roundup of the top writing links from around the web. It's curated by mystery writer Elizabeth Spann Craig.

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 1
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Launching Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026 – with a pile of possibilities! #readindies

When I decided in January that I would continue hosting Reading Independent Publishers month, my first instinct was of course to make a pile of possible reads. I mean, what’s more fun than di…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Feb 1
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The Classic Club 2026 questionnaire.

26 Questions in 2026 1. When did you join The Classic Club? How many titles have you read for the club so far? I joined in 2024 and here’s my first list. 2. What classic are you planning to read ne…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 31
Today on my blog: Don’t Bug Me! – Crime Writer Margot Kinberg share.google/h1AIPy5g04wD...
Don’t Bug Me!

‘I already told you people. I didn’t know he was there.’ ‘I know. How about running through it again just once more, Mr. Myers. So I can hear what happened for myself. Just in case you forgot somet…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 30
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#JanuaryinJapan: At the Edge of the Wood

Ono Masatsugu: At the Edge of the Wood, transl. Juliet Winters Carpenter, Strangers Press, 2017 In my Keshiki-New Voices from Japan collection from Strangers Press, a lovely selection of chapbooks …

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 30
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A long month of reading! #january

January has felt, in many ways, like a very long month and yet at one point it seemed as if I’d read absolutely nothing at all, and that books were taking ages to finish. However, as you can …

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 30
No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done by Sophie Hannah virginia-gruver.com/2026/01/30/n... > via @virginiag.bsky.social
No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done by Sophie Hannah

Sally Lambert has the police come to her door about Champ, her dog who has supposedly bitten Tess Gavey, a teenager in the community. Sally doesn’t believe it. Champ is a good boy. She had a previo…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 29
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There Are Places I’ll Remember All My Life, Though Some Have Changed*

A very interesting post from Moira at Clothes in Books has got me thinking about how places can change over time. Sometimes, gentrification means that former slums and decrepit areas are transforme…

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The Wicked Go To Hell by Frédéric Dard, translated by David Coward

The Wicked Go To Hell was something of a pleasant surprise. I am not sure how it happened, but I had forgotten I had one more translated Dard to read. My guess is that the book, being quite thin, w…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 29
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TBR Thursday 483…

The current state of the TBR, and a preview of four books I’ll be reading soon: Whip Hand by Dick Francis, How to Kill a Crime Writer by Sarah Lotz, Rodney Stone by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, an…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 28
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“….a contagious nightmare hallucination…” #hplovecraft

For once, I’m delighted that I can recall exactly what prompted me to buy a book!! At the start of last year, I treated myself to a few of the new Penguin Archive 90 volumes, one of which was…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 27
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In The Spotlight: Katie Siegel’s Charlotte Illes is Not a Detective

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 27
Oh, wow! @jemifraser.bsky.social Jemi Fraser's great new romance Pick Up speed is here! Get your copy! You'll be glad you did! books2read.com/pickupspeed?...
Available now at your favorite digital store!

Pick Up Speed by Jemi Fraser

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 26
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“By morning, half the fireflies had died…” #japaneseliteraturechallenge

Whenever I take part in reading events and challenges, I normally try to pick books which I already have in the stacks; goodness knows the TBR is already gigantic enough without adding to it! Howev…

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Margot Kinberg handle.invalid · Jan 26
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The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

“One of the best historical fiction writers working today.” Kristin Harmel

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