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Hazell Ward spent years as an adult education teacher, before completing an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She enjoyed it so much, that she is now working for a PhD. She was shortlisted for the Margery Allingham Short Story Competition in 2021, and won the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2023 for her story, Cast A Long Shadow, published by Honno Press. She lives and works in Wrexham, Wales.
A postmodern puzzler that dares to pull apart every trope in the book – literally -- Antony Johnston I thoroughly enjoyed The Game Is Murder. Strikingly original, but with nods to Golden Age crime, it's an ingenious story of constantly changing perspectives. Different, clever, and highly entertaining! -- Guy Morpuss * author of A Trial In Three Acts * A remarkable, unique novel inspired by an infamous case that embraces experimental, postmodern and metafictional techniques -- Nicholas Royle A mind-bending experiment in crime fiction, throwing light on one of the most enduring mysteries of the twentieth-century -- Oliver Harris
