Collectable Postcards - new for 2021!
Beginning with Wilkie Collins
We were so pleased with our exclusive classic gothic horror postcards (inspired by Frankenstein and Dorian Grey) and your responses to them that we have created a crime themed set!
One will be included each month in our monthly crime & mystery book subscription boxes. Each postcard will be numbered and celebrate a classic crime or mystery novel, author or crime fiction trope.
We are kicking off with the author widely held to have written the first modern detective novel - Wilkie Collins. His novel The Moonstone was published in 1868 and paved the way for crime fiction as we know it.
The novel was first published in serial in Charles Dickens's magazine All the Year Round and the Moonstone in the title is a diamond that is stolen from a young heiress after her 18th birthday party at her country house.
The Moonstone paved the way for modern murder mysteries and introduced a number of the characteristics that became classic attributes of the modern detective story including:
- an English country house robbery
- the red herring (my personal favourite)
- a heroic detective
- ineffective police force
- a cast of potential suspects
- the "least likely suspect"
- a final twist in the plot.
Our second postcard in the series will celebrate the quintessential English village setting characterised by fictional locations such as St Mary Mead, the home of Miss Marple.
Hi, I'm Louise the founder of My Chronicle Book Box and I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog post.
Here at MCBB we are proud to have put in the hours reviewing, shortlisting, considering publishing schedules and ultimately selecting what we think are the best books for your book box. From our rural Yorkshire base we curate stunning book boxes filled with the latest novels signed by the authors, exclusive author interviews and top quality bookish goodies, which we send to our wonderful customers all across the UK and indeed the world!
We compliment the selected books with a range of hand-picked related treats for the ultimate book subscription box reading and unboxing experience.
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