Stark Contrasts
Written by Peter Carroll — Have you ever wanted to snatch the iPod away from that youth in the next seat on the train, and fling it the length of the carriage? When you were sitting in the restaurant, deafened by the City wide boy…
Interview: Robert Wilson
Those who like their crime fiction set in a hot climate may well have come across the books of Robert Wilson. His Falcón series was set in Seville, and Sky Atlantic have been turning it into a series of films. Meanwhile his Bruce Medway series…
Murder in the British Library
London-based crime fiction lovers are in for a treat. Starting Friday 18 January, a free exhibition entitled Murder in the Library: An A to Z of Crime Fiction will be held in The Folio Society Gallery, which is hosted inside the library. The event will…
Meet the woman behind Kinsey
On the Radar — Feeling the chill of winter? Maybe it’s the excuse everyone needs to hibernate on the sofa with your favourite genre – crime fiction, what else? And while you do that, here are four books to look forward to. If you’re a…
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter
Written by Malcolm Mackay — In this debut novel by the Stornaway-based author Malcolm Mackay, we enter the cold world of Glasgow contract killer, Calum Maclean. With the venerable but respected hitman Frank McCloud recovering from a hip operation, young Calum is much in demand. He…