Russell James

Barry Forshaw's prestigious and wide-ranging book "Brit Noir" says: 'RUSSELL JAMES is a crime writer (and historian of the genre) who absolutely refuses to be categorised; he is as adept at a kind of unsparing British hard-boiled writing as he is at black comedy.' Russell is a British writer, ex-Chairman of the Crime Writers Association, and author of some two dozen books - only half of which are crime fiction. Russell also has a Victorian strand, beginning with 'The Exhibitionists', running from the burning down of Parliament in 1834 to the Great Exhibition of 1851, and continuing with 'After She Drowned' (forbidden love in the Victorian Church), along with its prequel, 'The Captain's Ward' (teenage girl and her charismatic guardian), and 'Man's Estate' (can only the son inherit?). See more at http://russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com/ His books include: MAN'S ESTATE (Prospero Books) THE CAPTAIN'S WARD (Prospero Books) AFTER SHE DROWNED (Prospero Books) MOTHER NAKED (Prospero Books) EXIT 39 (Prospero Books) THE NEWLY DISCOVERED DIARIES OF DOCTOR KRISTAL (Prospero) REQUIEM FOR A DAUGHTER (Prospero) THE EXHIBITIONISTS (G-Press) THE MAUD ALLAN AFFAIR (Pen & Sword) RAFAEL'S GOLD (Prospero) NO ONE GETS HURT (Do Not Press) PICK ANY TITLE (Do Not Press) THE ANNEX (Five Star Mysteries PAINTING IN THE DARK (Do Not Press) OH NO, NOT MY BABY (Do Not Press) COUNT ME OUT (Serpent's Tail) SLAUGHTER MUSIC (Alison & Busby) PAYBACK (Gollancz) DAYLIGHT (Gollancz) UNDERGROUND (Gollancz) Co-written books include: PLEASE BUY THIS BOOK! (with James Havers) (Prospero Books) VICTORIAN ROMANCES (with Nicola Nickleby) (Prospero Books) STORIES I CAN'T TELL (with Maggie King) (Prospero Books) Non-fiction titles include: POCKET GUIDE TO VICTORIAN ARTISTS & THEIR MODELS (Pen & Sword) POCKET GUIDE TO VICTORIAN WRITERS & POETS (Pen & Sword) GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL VILLAINS (Pen & Sword) GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL DETECTIVES (Pen & Sword)