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MURDER Knows No Borders

Do you remember Edgar Lustgarten and his stories in that genre. I was retired from my not allowed to read them but I would always find
intriguing telling of yet another murder in the work at the War Crimes Tribunal for the Former a way to get my hands on them and became
TV series “The Scales of Justice” each week? Yugoslavia in The Hague, Holland. But sitting hooked.
Well, Nerja resident and writer Marie Kusters- around holding a cup of tea with other retirees My first attempt was accepted and appeared in
McCarthy has hit the bookshops in the same discussing funeral insurance, hip replacements “True Crime Detective Monthly”
genre with her riveting new read “Murder Knows and knitting didn’t hold much appeal. magazine in the UK. Then five more, in quick
No Borders: 26 True Crime Stories from around My first project was to compile a cookbook succession, were accepted and appeared on the
the world”. of recipes from the 193 countries which are website of “Crime Magazine an Encyclopaedia
Murder Knows No Borders is a fascinating Member States of the United Nations. I had of Crime” which is a popular site based in
insight into the motivation and murder of worked for the United Nations, on and off, for Athens, Florida, USA. At time of writing, these
innocent, unsuspecting victims. This collection some seventeen years and during my travels got stories have been downloaded 115,455 times,
of true crime stories includes murder by loved to like the cuisine from the different countries. and continue to be read.
ones, family members and best friends for a Having completed that I was looking for my next This encouraged me to compile an anthology of
variety of motives. It makes for a compelling ‘retirement’ project so thought I will now give ‘true crime’ short stories which I hope you will
read into the lives of people who never thought writing ‘true crime’ stories a shot. find interesting and a compelling read.”
it could happen to them. From the story about I have always been
the Texan millionaire who loved and married a interested in what makes
naive Welsh girl to the "Mail Order Brides" sadly people turn to crime, and
in search of a better life. in particular those who
Comprising a collection of 26 separate stories, commit murder. What
ideal to dip in and out of, Marie’s book is an makes people able to
easy yet riveting read, easy to pick up – harder kill another human being
to put down. A fascinating and compelling fascinates me and there
insight into the murderous minds of otherwise really is no definitive
unremarkable people. Do you have one living answer to that question.
next door to you…? It can be jealousy, for
Available now in Nerja at W H Smiffs in Calle financial gain, family
Almirante Ferrandis (just past the Post Office) disputes, political
and Libreria Europa at the bottom of Calle differences or just for no
Granada at the corner with Plaza Cavana. real reason at all.
Also in Kindle, and online at at Amazon and My mother used to read
Goodreads.com A ‘must read’ whether or not the true crime magazines
you remember Edgar Lustgarten. which were very popular
Marie Kusters-McCarthy. in my youth in Ireland.
“In 2012 I was reading a true crime magazine As a young, and very
that asked for readers to write and submit impressionable, girl I was

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