A HAMPSHIRE author is in the running for an international short story competition.

Antony M Brown, an author from Eastleigh, is in the running for the esteemed Margery Allingham Short Mystery Prize as part of an international competition to find the best unpublished short mystery.

Antony is the author of the Cold Case Jury Collection, true crime mysteries in which readers can deliver their verdicts online and has also appeared numerous times on radio and television talking about true crime and crime writing.

Anthony appears in the longlist for the CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition for his story, For Laura Hope.

The winner will be announced later this year and will receive £500 and two passes for the international crime writing convention CrimeFest in 2022.