Oh dear, today we bring you news about one bad doggy who has jumped ahead up the food chain and made a meal of their owner. Get a load of Helle’s Hound, new from Oskar Jensen as our lead book this week. Plus, there are…
Available on the iPlayer, Crá is an interesting crime show in many respects. While it certainly doesn’t have the production values of a full-on Netflix, HBO or BBC series, it does show us the shadowy side of a little seen part of the world. Set…
We love a good crime story, and we also love success stories that involve new crime authors. Based near Bath in Somerset, Dandy Smith has wanted to be a writer since childhood, she studied for two degrees in writing, honed her skills in fantasy and…
Tim Sullivan’s entertaining and popular series of murder mysteries proves no profession is safe from murderous impulses. His latest, The Bookseller, certainly lives up to previous entries. You might not think a bookseller, particularly one whose specialty is rare books and first editions, would rile…
We love an attractive, artful book cover – so let’s take a moment to admire the jacket for Runaway Horses by the Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini. With a horse race central to the storyline, we see jockeys galloping across a terracotta scene,…
American writer Robert Crais has a resumé that includes writing for iconic TV shows like Cagney and Lacey, Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice. Those accomplishments alone are pretty amazing, but it’s his crime series featuring Elvis Cole and Joe Pike that has attracted die-hard…
