Crimebits 2
100 Opening Gambits for Great Thrillers & Linked Mystery Puzzles
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CrimeBits 2 is a unique, interactive puzzle book including 100 first pages of thrillers, the best selected by the world-famous crime author Val McDermid. Each page is linked to a puzzle, ranging from crosswords, to wordsearches, to mystery logic puzzles. Read an exclusive introduction by bestselling author Val McDermid on crime writing and the importance of a novel's opening. This grab-bag of a book also includes writing challenges, crime trivia, and editor's notes.
Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a No.1 bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and have sold more than sixteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010. Val writes full time and lives in Edinburgh and the East Neuk of Fife.
Luca Veste
Luca is the internationally bestselling author of eleven novels, the host of the hit podcast Two Crime Writers and a Microphone, and the co-founder of the Locked Up Festival, which has raised over £25,000 for the Trussell Trust charity. He is editor of the Spinetingler award nominated anthology Off The Record, and has over a decade of extensive experience within the crime fiction genre. He studied psychology and criminology at the University of Liverpool
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