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Author · Storyteller
Joseph Palmer
@josephpalmer
Crime writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Joseph Palmer writes across crime and mystery, with a particular interest in character, atmosphere, revision and the details that turn a manuscript into a finished book.
The interesting part usually begins where the easy answer stops.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Joseph Palmer
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Last House on Strickland Lane
When a retired magistrate is found dead in a row of half-empty terrace houses on the edge of Lancaster, the case looks simple enough to satisfy everyone. But the dead man had spent years collecting small, damaging secrets about the people around him, and the house he left behind is full of careful omissions.
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Draft progress
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