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Ian Shimwell

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I naturally loved English and Literature at school and pursued both successfully in further education etc.
Over the years, I have written many different works from short stories to novellas and covered genres such as science fiction, historical adventure, horror and mysteries.
More recently, I began to write three-act plays based on favourite series which eventually led to developing my own, 'The Armchair Detective'. My aim was to create an unique, absorbing and fun mystery series.
'Armchair Detective' titles have been as high as No. 2 in Amazon Kindle's British Detectives and Drama (British & Irish) catagories and inside the top-selling 7,000 in the USA and inside the top-selling 550 in the UK
'The Armchair Detective' has been broadcast on the ...more

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	The Armchair Detective (Series One, #1) 3.12 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes and the Montague Murders: Classic Scripts (The Holmes and Watson Series Book 2) 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Armchair Detective and the Manor House Mystery 3.20 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes and Lestrade's Irregular Investigation: The Corvus Conspiracy 2 of 4 (The Holmes and Watson Series Book 6) 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Sherlock Holmes' Final Chapter: Classic Scripts (The Holmes and Watson Series Book 4) 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Equation: Classic Scripts (The Holmes and Watson Series Book 1) 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes and the Society Spiritualist: The Corvus Conspiracy 3 of 4 (The Holmes and Watson Series Book 7) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes and the Spring-Heeled Tiger: The Corvus Conspiracy 1 of 4 (The Holmes and Watson Series Book 5) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes and the Claw of the Raven: The Corvus Conspiracy 4 of 4 (The Holmes and Watson Series Book 8) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mar 18, 2017 02:25AM

Elaine wrote: "Hi Ian, thanks so much for the friendship. :)"

Hi Elaine,
It's good to hear from you seeing as you're such a prolific author! My main genre in writing is Mystery but my last book last year did touch upon LBGT themes, the suspense horror novella 'The Whispers'. As for romance, it's a kind-of back-story in many of my 'Armchair Detectives' and is perhaps the main theme (along with comedy) in my Classic Scripts, 'The Future of Mr Polly'.
I hope storm Stella isn't battering Scotland too much! Ian.

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Hi Ian, thanks so much for the friendship. :)

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