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Here it comes!
Coming shortly is my latest novel, a Victorian spellbinder:

THE EXHIBITIONISTS

Meanwhile . . .
You may know that I've written a dozen novels, crime and historical, including The Maud Allan Affair,
set between 1908 and 1919
and
Requiem for a Daughter set in the Olympics build-up today.

I've also published four illustrated biographical encyclopedias:
Great British Fictional Detectives and its companion work,
Great British Fictional Villains, followed by
The Pocket Guide to Victorian Writers & Poets
(See more on this book at the Victorian Writers & Poets page)
and
The Pocket Guide to Victorian Artists & Their Models
(See more on this book at the Victorian Artists & Models page)

Several of my books are now available as e-books.
You can now sample them FREE by clicking here.
 
Yes, do check my latest e-books in the link above.   (After all, you can sample them for FREE!)

Several of my books are also available as Kindle downloads from Amazon

CLICK HERE to see them.



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Would you like to know about my books?

Take a closer look at any one you like:


Victorian Artists & Models

Victorian Writers & Poets

Great British Fictional Villains..

Great British Fictional Detectives..

The Maud Allan Affair.........

No One Gets Hurt.........

Pick Any Title.........

The Annex.........

Painting In The Dark.......

Oh No, Not My Baby.......

Count Me Out............


Several of my titles are now available as eBooks - in various formats, including Kindle, from Smashwords. Early titles UNDERGROUND and PAYBACK are also available from Amazon themselves as Kindle Books. More details on my new-look webpage.





Would you like to peep more deeply at one of my books - for free?

For more on VICTORIAN ARTISTS & MODELS, click - here.

To preview VICTORIAN WRITERS & POETS, click - here.

To sample GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL VILLAINS, click - here.

To sample GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL DETECTIVES, click - here.

To read THE MAUD ALLAN AFFAIR, click - here.

To read NO ONE GETS HURT, all you have to do is click - here.

To read PICK ANY TITLE, click - here.

To read PAINTING IN THE DARK, click - here.

To read COUNT ME OUT, click - here.

To read OH NO, NOT MY BABY, click - here.

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Raving Critics.............



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-Russell James-

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Other sites that might interest you:

Go shopping at Amazon

or at Tangled Web

You can order a copy of GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL VILLAINS direct from the publisher, by clicking here.

Order GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL DETECTIVES direct from the publisher, by clicking here.

Order THE MAUD ALLAN AFFAIR direct from the publisher, by clicking here.

You can also contact The Do NOT Press



British Crime Writing sites:

  • The Crime Writers' Association

  • CRIME TIME magazine

  • SHOTS magazine

  • Fantastic Fiction

    My BOOKS MATTER Blog


    Click here to see my new-look
    Russell James Books page.




  • Several of my titles are now available as eBooks - in various formats, including Kindle, from Smashwords. Early titles UNDERGROUND and PAYBACK are also available from Amazon themselves as Kindle Books. More details on my new-look webpage.




    Will London stage a successful Olympics?
    We have tried before
    CLICK HERE to see what happened.



    My books include:

    POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

    VICTORIAN ARTISTS & MODELS
    (published by Pen & Sword)

    VICTORIAN WRITERS & POETS
    (published by Pen & Sword)

    GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL VILLAINS
    (published by Pen & Sword)

    GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
    (published by Pen & Sword)


    NOVELS:
    (Some are available as ebooks.
    Check which by clicking here

    THE MAUD ALLAN AFFAIR
    (published by Pen & Sword)

    PAINTING IN THE DARK
    (published by
    the Do Not Press and via Dufour Editions in the States. Also out in France from Fayard.)

    UNDERGROUND
    (published by Gollancz, a cult success, now re-released in the States by Stark House.)


    CRIME NOVELS & THRILLERS:
    (Several of these too are ebooks.
    Check 'em out by clicking here

    REQUIEM FOR A DAUGHTER
    (published jointly by Smashwords & Prospero)

    NO ONE GETS HURT
    (published by the Do Not Press - also out in France from Fayard)

    PICK ANY TITLE
    (published by
    the Do Not Press and via Dufour Editions in the States
    and also out in Russia)

    THE ANNEX
    (published by Five Star Mysteries in the States)

    OH NO, NOT MY BABY
    (published by
    The Do Not Press in both the UK and the USA)

    COUNT ME OUT
    (published by
    Serpent's Tail in the UK, Norton in USA,
    L'Atalante in France and Dumont in Germany)

    SLAUGHTER MUSIC
    (published by Allison & Busby in the UK,
    Foul Play in the States and Dumont in Germany)

    PAYBACK
    (published by Gollancz,
    but also by Foul Play Press in the States, and Dumont in Germany)

    DAYLIGHT
    (also published by Gollancz, but now hard to find)




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