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Alys Cummings

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Alys Cummings is a writer and journalist based on the north-east coast of England. She worked on local newspapers and for a news agency based at the Old Bailey, before joining BBC Panorama.

She is an Emerging Creative Associate with New Writing North and a member of their North East Novelists group.

Murder Most Cryptic is her debut novel, and won Pitch Perfect at the 2024 Bloody Scotland festival.

Books by Alys Cummings
Murder Most Cryptic
Alys Cummings

The dead body is their first clue - and the answer is murder...but can they solve the crossword, and find a killer too?

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