Tls 960

[flocker]

6 ac: He associated violent death with the Arabian Knights (4)
?A?R
28 ac: She wrote two of them, we're told (4)
R?S?

[GetOverIt]

The Arabian Nights Murder, first published in 1936, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr

[flocker]

Thanks! I've just read something by him so I should have known that!

[NC4BBQ]

Joanna RUSS wrote The Two of Them

[GetOverIt]

For anyone else doing this crossword, I'd suggest putting an E on the end of 9a. I'm almost sure that is why I've got one worong when I've submitted it.

[NC4BBQ]

Thanks---that means ASCENDANCE and not ASCENDANCY (I retract my suggestion).