Jo Bannister

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Jo Bannister
Born (1951-07-31) July 31, 1951 (age 70)
Nationality England
OccupationBritish crime fiction novelist

Jo Bannister (born 31 July 1951 in Rochdale, Lancashire [1] ) is a British crime fiction novelist.

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Life and work

She began her career as a journalist and rose to become editor of the County Down Spectator [2] before resigning to devote all her time to her writing. [3] She has had over 30 novels published both in English and translated into several other languages. [4] Most of these belong to five series, while nine are standalone novels. Her books are well reviewed, with the New York Times , for example, referring to her "solid series of British police procedurals", [5] and praising the Castlemere novels for their "superb character work" in the context of a "deeply satisfying series". [6]

Clio Rees and Harry Marsh novels

Mickey Flynn novels

Castlemere novels

Rosie Holland novels

Brodie Farrell novels

Hazel Best & Gabriel Ash novels

Standalone novels

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References

  1. page 12, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN   0-313-33428-5
  2. "Crime Scene NI: An Interview - Jo Bannister". 16 March 2009.
  3. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/jo-bannister/
  4. "Gregory and Company". www.gregoryandcompany.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
  5. Stasio, Marilyn (2001-12-23). "CRIME". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  6. Stasio, Marilyn (1994-09-18). "CRIME". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-10-28.