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Hirst) – Book Review</h1> <div class="entry-meta sm:th-text-sm th-text-xs th-text-secondary-base"> <img alt='Chris Haigh' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1a039fc31f076b97e4779387fd0dba96?s=96&d=retro&r=pg' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1a039fc31f076b97e4779387fd0dba96?s=192&d=retro&r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo th-rounded-full sm:th-block th-hidden' height='96' width='96' decoding='async'/><span class="byline th-flex">By <a class="th-uppercase" href="https://setthetape.com/author/chrishaigh8/" rel="author">Chris Haigh</a></span><span class="posted-on th-block"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-09T06:00:47+01:00">9 September 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-22T09:56:46+01:00">22 October 2024</time></span> <div class="comments-link th-flex th-items-center sm:th-mt-0 th-mt-auto"> <svg class="svg-icon th-fill-current" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M12 3c5.514 0 10 3.592 10 8.007 0 4.917-5.144 7.961-9.91 7.961-1.937 0-3.384-.397-4.394-.644-1 .613-1.594 1.037-4.272 1.82.535-1.373.722-2.748.601-4.265-.837-1-2.025-2.4-2.025-4.872 0-4.415 4.486-8.007 10-8.007zm0-2c-6.338 0-12 4.226-12 10.007 0 2.05.739 4.063 2.047 5.625.055 1.83-1.023 4.456-1.993 6.368 2.602-.47 6.301-1.508 7.978-2.536 1.417.345 2.774.503 4.059.503 7.084 0 11.91-4.837 11.91-9.961-.001-5.811-5.702-10.006-12.001-10.006z"/></svg><a href="https://setthetape.com/2024/09/09/writing-the-murder-ed-dan-coxon-richard-v-hirst/#respond">Leave a Comment<span class="screen-reader-text"> on Writing the Murder (ed. 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Essay collections are more popular now than ever – as more and more literary tastes become mainstream, so come the people willing to dive into analysis and exploration of those tastes – and <strong>Writing the Murder</strong> seems intent on celebrating them.</p> <p>Armed with essays from the likes of Charlie Higson, Saima Mir, Andrew Gallax, Barry Forshaw, Dan Coxon, Richard V. Hurst, and Tess Little, <strong>Writing the Murder</strong> is a well-curated examination of one of the world’s most possible genres, examining everything from constructing the perfect locked-room mystery to victimology to quite why a majority of the populace takes delight in stories about the most violent crimes imaginable.</p> <blockquote><p>READ MORE: <a href="https://setthetape.com/2024/09/02/the-hobbit-encyclopedia-book-review/">The Hobbit Encyclopedia – Book Review</a></p></blockquote> <p>A deeply enjoyable group of essays and a love letter to the genre, <strong>Writing the Murder</strong> is an intelligently-constructed, passionately-wrought collection of essays all about murder that will prove invaluable to any aspiring crime writer or devoted crime reader.</p> <p><em><strong>Writing the Murder</strong> is out on 26th September from Dead Ink Books.</em></p> <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="37669" data-permalink="https://setthetape.com/2018/07/13/throwback-20-out-of-sight/july2018-rating-five-5/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/setthetape.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JULY2018-rating-five-5.png?fit=300%2C58&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,58" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="JULY2018 rating five 5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/setthetape.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JULY2018-rating-five-5.png?fit=300%2C58&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/setthetape.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JULY2018-rating-five-5.png?fit=300%2C58&ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37669" src="https://i0.wp.com/setthetape.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JULY2018-rating-five-5.png?resize=300%2C58&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="58" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/setthetape.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JULY2018-rating-five-5.png?w=300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/setthetape.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JULY2018-rating-five-5.png?resize=150%2C29&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p><script type='text/javascript' src='https://ko-fi.com/widgets/widget_2.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Like this? 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