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Russell has been a published writer for some 25 years, is an ex-Chairman of the Crime Writers Association, and has written a dozen and a half novels in the crime and historical genres.
He has also published various non-fiction works, including 4 illustrated biographical encyclopaedias: Great British Fictional Detectives and its companion work, Great British Fictional Villains, followed by the Pocket Guide to Victorian Writers & Poets, and its companion, the Pocket Guide to Victorian Artists & Their Models.

His books include:
IN A TOWN NEAR YOU (Prospero)
THE CAPTAIN'S WARD (Prospero)
AFTER SHE DROWNED (Prospero)
STORIES I CAN'T TELL (with Maggie King) (Prospero)
THE NEWLY DISCOVERED DIARIES OF DOCTOR KRISTAL (Prospero)
EXIT 39 (Prospero)
RAFAEL'S GOLD (Prospero)
THE EXHIBITIONISTS (G-Press)
POCKET GUIDE TO VICTORIAN ARTISTS & MODELS (Pen & Sword)
POCKET GUIDE TO VICTORIAN WRITERS & POETS (Pen & Sword)
GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL VILLAINS (Pen & Sword)
GREAT BRITISH FICTIONAL DETECTIVES (Pen & Sword)
THE MAUD ALLAN AFFAIR (Pen & Sword)
MY BULLET SWEETLY SINGS (Prospero)
REQUIEM FOR A DAUGHTER (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)

Where to find Russell James online

Website: http://russelljamesbooks.wordpress.com

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Please Buy This Book by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 23,360. Language: English. Published: April 21, 2021 by Russell James. Categories: Nonfiction » Antiques & Collectibles » Books, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » Book design
The first comprehensive guide to Charity Gift Books – books in which the contributors gave their work for free and from which all profits went to charity. Illustrated throughout.
Gift Books For Good Causes by &
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 27,570. Language: English. Published: March 2, 2021 by Russell James. Categories: Nonfiction » Antiques & Collectibles » Books, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » Book design
A comprehensive illustrated guide to Charity Gift Books – beautiful books in which famous contributors gave their work for free and from which all profits went to charity. Books you can still find and collect - often at bargain prices!
Victorian Romances by &
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 25,350. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2021 by Russell James. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Short stories, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Five romances from the 1890s, issued now for the first time – with original Victorian illustrations. The recently rediscovered author Nicola Nickleby wrote surprisingly effective stories for popular magazines of the day, as well as the ‘advanced’ and, for its time, shocking novel We Never Shall Marry. This collection was compiled, edited and introduced by Russell James.
Lord Oakburn's Daughters by Mrs Henry Wood by
Price: $7.95 USD. Words: 239,060. Language: English. Originally Published: December 15, 2020 by Russell James. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Classics
Ellen Wood (1814-87), mainly published as Mrs Henry Wood, was one of the best-selling novelists on the nineteenth century, who made her name with her second novel, East Lynne. The murder mystery Lord Oakburn's Daughters is a better story, a big seller in its time before it unaccountably disappeared. We are delighted to bring it back in a meticulously edited, annotated and illustrated edition.
Brace Yourself by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 10,130. Language: English. Originally Published: March 17, 2012 by Russell James. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Betrayal and murder at a country house shooting party. When this story appeared in a characteristically yellow and black Victor Gollancz anthology, 'Crime Yellow', the Times review picked it out as ‘a splendid country house shocker from Russell James’.

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She Had To Die by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 86,810. Language: English. Published: May 5, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Nick fancied her at school but nothing came of it. Six years later he meets up with her again. But no sooner are they back together than she is dead. Did she fall or was she pushed? He looks for the answer in the dark and complex labyrinth of food politics while, meanwhile, his band is preparing for its biggest ever opportunity – a slot at the world-famous Glastonbury Festival. If he can make it.
Gift Books For Good Causes by &
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 27,570. Language: English. Published: March 2, 2021 by Russell James. Categories: Nonfiction » Antiques & Collectibles » Books, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » Book design
A comprehensive illustrated guide to Charity Gift Books – beautiful books in which famous contributors gave their work for free and from which all profits went to charity. Books you can still find and collect - often at bargain prices!
Victorian Romances by &
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 25,350. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2021 by Russell James. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Short stories, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Five romances from the 1890s, issued now for the first time – with original Victorian illustrations. The recently rediscovered author Nicola Nickleby wrote surprisingly effective stories for popular magazines of the day, as well as the ‘advanced’ and, for its time, shocking novel We Never Shall Marry. This collection was compiled, edited and introduced by Russell James.
Man's Estate by
Price: $3.49 USD. Words: 84,400. Language: English. Published: March 11, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Man’s Estate, the third in the Croome saga, takes place in 1893 with stories from the growing town of Croome and the nearby Manor. Two fathers must choose between daughters and sons.The squire’s four children are headed by the tall, proud, good-looking Riordan. Does he deserve to take over the estate? Should works foreman Nathan Brook favour his prodigal son over his stay-at-home daughter?
The Exhibitionists by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 130,570. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian, Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
1834. As Parliament burns down, a child is conceived out of wedlock, a baby is abandoned, and another is thrown into the Thames. Thus begins a swirling tale of Victorian London in which the three children grow up to mingle with famous people of the era including Turner, Millais, Holman Hunt and Rossetti. Here come the Pre-Raphaelites, the Victorian stage, skulduggery and the Great Exhibition.
The Captain's Ward by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 93,230. Language: English. Published: March 13, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Coming of age in Victorian England.12-year-old orphan Lucy is hidden first by a half-pay captain in an isolated farm then by a local squire at Beauchamp Manor, with his horse-mad daughter, the student Clive and his raffish brother Riordan who has an eye for a pretty girl. But wilful, hot-blooded Lucy remains besotted with Captain Hart. 'The Captain’s Ward' is a prequel to 'After She Drowned'
After She Drowned by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 103,680. Language: English. Published: January 19, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Victorian England, 1891. A tragic drowning. A small town dependent on the local lead mine, which is losing money. Two celibate young priests, both of whom have secrets. A ‘modern woman’. What could possibly go wrong? A girl goes missing…
Stories I Can't Tell by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 73,440. Language: English. Published: January 2, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Romance » General
An outrageous take on the celebrity bio, written by a star of the first half of the 20th century who began in music hall, made early 78rpm records and rocketed to stardom. But then came scandal. Her loves and life – they're all here.
The Newly Discovered Diaries of Doctor Kristal by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 84,930. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy
A black comedy set in the Swinging Sixties (1963-4) and revealed through the diaries of a doctor – 35 years old and still a virgin – whose curious obsessions drive him to start murdering his patients.
Exit 39 by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,860. Language: English. Published: October 29, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
The entire story, a modern quest, is narrated into an iPhone. Why? Crosby Ravensworth is so busy he can’t make time to scatter his father’s ashes, nor to sort out the dysfunctional family he hoped he’d left behind, nor to decide which of the four women in his life he should connect to. But his life is about to change.
Rafael's Gold by
Price: $3.49 USD. Words: 106,240. Language: English. Published: March 29, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Will the film crew discover sunken gold? Will the film star lose to her rival? If they find gold, who will be left alive to share it? Alongside the story of their quest is a tale from the Spanish Armada itself, a tale of love and tragedy, revealed in documents from the time.
No One Gets Hurt by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 113,000. Language: English. Published: July 2, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Kirsty Rice is a video journalist whose friend died in the 'harmless' sex industry. After a break-up with a fellow journalist Kirsty is pregnant – and as she worms her way in with the pornographers she finds that he is close to them. They have him on film. Now they have a little job for Kirsty. It's perfectly simple: play things their way, do this one little thing – and no one will get hurt.
The Annex by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 59,230. Language: English. Published: May 7, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
A modern take on one of the most notorious Jacobean tragedies, Thomas Middleton’s, The Changeling, brought up to date in present-day England. This violent and sexy version homes in on the basic plot of an older man losing his luscious new wife to a virile young blood. Praised by Library Journal and Publishers’ Weekly.
Lost by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 14,600. Language: English. Published: March 29, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
Two crime stories from the man Ian Rankin once called ‘The Godfather of British Noir’, early stories from the years when Russell James was establishing himself as ‘one of the best of Britain’s darker crime writers’ (as the Times called him). The first is the author’s only crime story to feature a detective, and the second, although a tale of prison life, is in lighter vein.
The Break by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 19,600. Language: English. Published: March 17, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Paul’s life is ordinary, until the night he stops his car to take a walk, Stumbling into – and hoping to avoid – a domestic affray, he finds himself the reluctant guardian to a homeless young woman and her shabbily-dressed child. It’s late. Where can they go? Paul has access to a boat moored on the Thames. They’ll be safe there, won’t they?
Terri's Tales by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,560. Language: English. Published: March 15, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Two crime stories from the man Ian Rankin once called ‘The Godfather of British Noir’. These are early stories from the years when Russell James was establishing himself as ‘one of the best of Britain’s darker crime writers’ (as the Times called him). They tell of the young woman Terri and her hard-scrabble existence in south London among criminals and hard types.
My Bullet Sweetly Sings by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 86,630. Language: English. Published: December 27, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Tim Hawk is young, virginal – and a hit-man. But he is obsessed by baroque opera – Handel, Telemann and Purcell. His employer, Alexei Kazan, born Ukrainian but now a leading London gangster, returns from the Ukraine with a new bride-to-be – beautiful, naive and vulnerable – and as Kazan’s marriage and criminal empire are undermined, the doomed trio rush to a violent and operatic climax.
The London Sextet by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 64,290. Language: English. Published: October 21, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
An original collection of six stories from the writer Ian Rankin called ‘The Godfather of British Noir’. James is ‘surely the best of Britain’s darker crime writers’ said London’s Times, and although the Encyclopaedia of Modern Crime Fiction said he wrote ‘some of the best crime fiction being written today’ we find within these stories a surprisingly human delicacy.
Count Me Out by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 98,970. Language: English. Published: March 26, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Jet Heywood stars in Britain’s last fairground boxing booth and lives for his little daughter. His brother Scott is a security van driver, sick of his boring life, who agrees to help in a banknote heist – then disappears with the money. Scott’s gang think Jet knows where he is. They’ll pressurise him and, if that fails, they’ll take his daughter. But Jet’s no pushover.
Painting in the Dark by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 117,070. Language: English. Published: March 10, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
'His masterpiece to date,' said the Guardian. An old woman has dark secrets in her past, when she and her sister were intimates of Hitler & Goering. During the 1997 Election, as Tony Blair sweeps to power, art dealer Gottleisch and his evil helper Ticky think she has hoarded her sister’s valuable paintings. They're determined to get them, whatever it takes. 'Exceptional,' said Booklist.
Pick Any Title by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 104,820. Language: English. Published: March 2, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
In this black comedy ‘Lord Clive’ inveigles Jane Strachey into helping him sell British ‘Lord of the Manor’ titles to Americans. Among his gulls are a shrewd businessman, a hell-fire preacher and a New York gangster. When lawyers pounce and guns start to fire, Strachey finds she need more than good looks and smart words to save her skin. ‘A brilliant page-turner,’ said the Times.
Requiem for a Daughter by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 95,080. Language: English. Published: March 2, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
Police Firearms Officers Tom and Abi are in trouble. Tom’s wife has shacked up with a dodgy Russian billionaire, a developer for the London Olympics, 2012 – and Tom’s daughter has been kidnapped. The billionaire won’t pay, he says, he’ll fight. Meanwhile, a deadly mistake has put Abi’s job on the line. Who can put things right? First in the Tom Fortune and Abi Wilde series.
Payback by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 87,480. Language: English. Published: February 18, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Was Albie murdered? His brother Floyd, an ex-pro boxer, comes home to learn the truth. His lumbering giant of a younger brother has a mental age of twelve. His old girlfriend is still around. Within days they are plunged into a world of guns, drugs and south east London gangs. 'A first class story of London gangland' - Time Out. 'Hard-boiled in the grand classic style' - Publishers Weekly.
Underground by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 79,830. Language: English. Published: February 12, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
Reissue of the first book from the British crime writer whom Ian Rankin would later call 'The Godfather of British Noir'. The hero of this tense thriller has been lying low in the urban decay of south-east London, waiting to be called on for his 'job'. Is he a crook or a terrorist? What is he about to do? 'Britain seen through a gun-sight,' said the Literary Review.

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