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Longlisted for Crime Writers Association ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger. Elspeth Latimer lives with her family in the Brecks, at the heart of East Anglia. The haunting beauty of this landscape inspired her to write 'The Lost Detective', a murder mystery, which was also shortlisted for the international Bath Novel Award. A gripping story of loss and redemption, 'The Lost Detective' has been described as "A superb crime debut" (Lee Child), "Luminous, haunting, humane" (Ashley Hickson-Lovence), and "A sophisticated, multi-layered mystery" (Harriet Tyce). Elspeth is originally from Edinburgh, where she ran a successful architecture practice, before her passion for books prompted a career change. She has a Prose Fiction MA along with a PhD ...more

Average rating: 4.73 · 15 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works
The Lost Detective

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That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu
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A compassionate, searing account of how the wounds suffered in childhood – spiritual, physical – live on in the mind and body, inflicting fresh damage on a young man, K, who is seeking to understand his place in this world. Derek Owusu’s writing is v ...more
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On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle
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Before reading a book, I prefer to know very little about what it is ‘about’, and often I don’t look at the blurb, as I want to make my own journey through a text, rather than be issued beforehand with signposts. I knew nothing about ‘On the Calculat ...more
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Cloud Atlas by David  Mitchell
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I became very caught up in the unfolding story and the sense of souls, linked across the ages, and I really liked how the novel is told via the different narratives, dating from 1850 and reaching forward into the distant future. I don’t want to say t ...more
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My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
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I love literature in its many forms, in particular crime fiction, and I also love art and design. Orhan Pamuk brings together, in an extended multi-voiced narrative, the expressions of creativity that bring me most pleasure and fulfilment. I really l ...more
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My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
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I love literature in its many forms, in particular crime fiction, and I also love art and design. Orhan Pamuk brings together, in an extended multi-voiced narrative, the expressions of creativity that bring me most pleasure and fulfilment. I really l ...more
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My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
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I love literature in its many forms, in particular crime fiction, and I also love art and design. Orhan Pamuk brings together, in an extended multi-voiced narrative, the expressions of creativity that bring me most pleasure and fulfilment. I really l ...more
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The Spirit Guide by Bridget Walsh
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What a thrilling and captivating read, I absolutely loved it!!! I've just finished and am feeling bereft, as I don’t want to leave this glorious Victorian world! I want to eat cake with Minnie and Albert at Brown’s tea room, I want to join their dete ...more
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Pixie by Jill Dawson
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Glorious! I loved immersing myself in the vividly conjured world of Pamela ‘Pixie’ Colman Smith, the gifted and visionary artist and designer who created the iconic tarot cards. I really enjoyed feeling and experiencing Pixie’s journey, in the early ...more
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Guide Me Home by Attica Locke
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This is the third and final instalment in the superb Highway 59 series, featuring Darren Mathews, a Black Texas Ranger. As a crime fiction researcher, I have studied a wide range of contemporary crime series, and Attica Locke’s series is among the ve ...more
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The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
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‘The Hour of the Star’ by Clarice Lispector, translated by Benjamin Moser and published by Penguin. I have always loved fiction in its many forms, and I am also fascinated by how writers construct characters. In this novel, Lispector records the expe ...more
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