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Welcome to the Russell James pages

Russell is the author of eleven novels, crime and historical,
the latest of which, The Maud Allan Affair, was set between 1908 and 1919.
He has published two comprehensive popular encyclopedias:
Great British Fictional Detectives and its companion work,
Great British Fictional Villains.
The Pocket Guide to Victorian Writers & Poets
is published at the end of August.

 
Early buyers can get THE POCKET GUIDE TO VICTORIAN WRITERS & POETS at a bargain price.    Check on the net!   

Have you tried my VILLAINS quiz yet?

See which of these villains you can identify

CLICK HERE to test your knowledge.



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Would you like to know about my books?

Take a closer look at any one you like:


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............





Would you like to read a chapter of one of my books - for free?

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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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



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    My books include:

    POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

    VICTORIAN WRITERS & POETS
    (published by Pen & Sword)

    GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL VILLAINS
    (published by Pen & Sword)

    GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
    (published by Pen & Sword)


    NOVELS:

    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.)


    CRIME NOVELS & THRILLERS:

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

    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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