Vengeance, Italian style
A week or two ago we brought you a review of one of the classics of Italian crime fiction, That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana, written 65 years ago. If stories set in Italia in the 1930s take your fancy, then keep an eye…
Lawrence Block's inner lesbian
Fans of American crime author Lawrence Block are in for a treat in February, when his new book Getting Off is released by Hard Case Crime, an imprint of Titan Books. Getting Off will be written under the pseudonym Jill Emerson used by Block in…
Ask the Dice
Written by Ed Lynskey — Ask the Dice feels like a classic hardboiled crime novel. The dialogue, the narration and the characters are all throwbacks to the hallmarks of the genre. However, the story takes unique turns and creates characters with unique quirks, personalities and…
All the Young Warriors
Written by Anthony Neil Smith – All the Young Warriors is a tale of revenge, redemption, love, loss and personal discovery set in the middle of recruitment for, and fighting in, Somalia. The story ranges over continents and characters while keeping tight control on the…
NTN: Australia's top 5 hot new writers
The Australian crime fiction scene is going strong. That’s the good news. The not so good news for anyone reading this outside of Australia, and my guess is that’s most of you, is a lot of locally produced books are hard to access overseas. While…
Otto Penzler goes digital
Crime fiction lovers in New York City have long benefited from the existence of Otto Penzler’s store The Mysterious Bookshop, while readers have enjoyed books he’s published under the Mysterious Publishing imprint since 1975. Now fans of the genre from around the world will be…
Spider Bones AKA Mortal Remains
Written by Kathy Reichs — The books Spider Bones and Mortal Remains are one and the same book albeit with different titles, much to the confusion and irritation of some Reichs fans. Dr Temperance Brennan in common with her creator Kathy Reichs is an experienced…