Philip Marlowe’s Norwegian cousin When I set out to write my first novel about Varg Veum, a private investigator living in Bergen, Norway, I had to ask myself this question: Are there any private detectives in Bergen? The answer was no. At that time—my first Varg Veum novel was published in 1977—there was a married […]
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Top Ten Agatha Christie Novels
Top Ten Agatha Christie Novels (Author Radha Vastal with her the top ten Agatha Christie novels has some surprises for us, but nevertheless gives us a list of books which captures the genius of the Queen of Mystery) This list was pleasurably difficult to compile—Agatha Christie wrote around eighty novels over half a century, so […]
Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes A Californian writes as a Victorian physician in her new Sherlock Holmes Adventure – ART IN THE BLOOD. Of the many challenges faced in writing as Dr. John Watson, perhaps the most intriguing was that of simulating a medical doctor. We all know the character of Dr. John H. Watson, […]