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Why journalists are like buses

Only because you wait ages for one to mention you, then two do at once. The Guardian mentioned me in this piece about authors on twitter on Friday. The Independent on Sunday namechecked me in this piece about authors who take on other writers’ characters today. Perhaps this means I exist? Not sure, actually.

From A Manual Of Medical Jurisprudence, Insanity and Toxicology (1903)

As a historical crime writer, I’m naturally interested in the forensic methods and knowledge of earlier times. I try to track down old handbooks on the subject, one such being Henry Cadwalader Chapman’s Manual of Medical Jurisprudence, Insanity and Toxicology. It’s slightly after my period, but a lot of the techniques it discusses were in …

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