Fiona Veitch Smith

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Fiona Veitch Smith is a British author, journalist, and academic whose Poppy Denby Investigates series brings the glamour, intrigue, and social upheaval of 1920s London to vivid life through Golden Age-style murder mysteries. Her novels combine historical authenticity with engaging detective fiction and a spirited, modern heroine. Smith... worked as a journalist on the arts and crime beats of a Cape Town newspaper and later lectured in journalism in the UK for over a decade. She is currently the Deputy Editor of the Crime Writers' Association's Red Herrings magazine. The Poppy Denby Investigates series follows Poppy Denby, a reporter on a London tabloid in the 1920s who solves murders and mysteries with determination, intelligence, and flapperish style. The series includes A Front-Page Murder (originally The Jazz Files, shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger), Murder at the Old Vic Theatre, Murder on Lexington Avenue, Murder at Winterton Hall, Murder at the Art Gallery, and Murder of an Oxford Scientist. The entire series has been republished under the Embla imprint. The Berlin Murders continues her exploration of historical crime fiction with a new setting and period. Smith writes with a journalist's eye for detail and a historian's love of the period. Her 1920s London is vivid, immersive, and populated with characters who reflect the social changes and tensions of the era — from the suffragette movement's aftermath to the rise of new media to the class upheavals of post-war Britain. The audiobook editions of Smith's novels are engaging and atmospheric, capturing the energy and glamour of 1920s London. Her books and audiobooks are ideal for historical mystery fans who love Golden Age-style whodunits with a spirited heroine and richly detailed period settings. Read more Show less