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Essex,4 mins

How Essex inspired 'Death in Paradise'

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Martina Cole, Kimberley Chambers, Margery Allingham and Dorothy L Sayers have one thing in common, they're all Essex authors of detective crime novels. There's also Robert Thorogood who grew up in the Essex village of Great Horkesley and reveals that his love of storytelling began in Essex and later inspired him to write the Âé¶¹Éç TV crime series 'Death in Paradise', which has now expanded into 'Beyond Paradise' and 'Return to Paradise'... Picture credit: Red Planet Pictures/Joss Barratt

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