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Simon Brett wins CWA Diamond Dagger for 2014

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Today the Crime Writers’ Association announced that British author Simon Brett will be awarded the 2014 Diamond Dagger Award. His diamond-studded instrument of death will be handed to him (handle first, hopefully) at a gala dinner on 30 June in London by academic Lucy Worsley,…
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Department Q on the big screen

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The Bridge II ended last night on UK TV, leaving fans of Scandinavian crime fiction thinking, ‘What can I watch next?’ Well, the Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen last year saw his first Carl Mørck story turned into a film and we’ve just had news that…
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Inspector Norse

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The Lip Service Theatre Company has launched a UK tour with an hilarious spoof that nudges and winks knowingly to fans of Scandinavian crime fiction. Inspector Norse inspired by The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Killing, Wallender, Borgen and The Bridge. The play was…
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Policemen, pawns and poison

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On the Radar — This week sees JD Robb’s In Death and Jonathan Kellerman’s Alex Delaware series receive updates, but there’s plenty of new blood spilled as well. Up-and-coming Canadian author Peggy Blair is set to release her second book, and we also meet Ryan…
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First look: The Son by Jo Nesbo

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Harvill Secker, the publisher of Norwegian author Jo Nesbo, has unveiled his newest book – The Son. Due out on 14 April, the 490-page proof of the book has landed with a boom on the CFL welcome mat, along with news that the book is…
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Camilleri lunchtime book club

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Love Italian food and wine? Love Italian crime fiction? Then get out your diary because restaurant Bocca di Lupo and publisher Pan Macmillan have teamed up to celebrate these two great passions with a lunchtime book club series dedicated to the author Andrea Camilleri. Camilleri is…
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Keys, please...

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On the Radar — You won’t look at estate agents the same again after reading this week’s new books report because today we introduce a realtor who knows where the bodies are buried… because he buried them! There’s also a creepy kidnapper, a Las Vegas…
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TV debut for Aector McAvoy?

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David Mark’s Hull-based crime novels have been optioned by a ‘major TV company’, with filming earmarked for next year, the Hull Daily Mail has reported. The author’s first two books, The Dark Winter and Original Skin, won rave reviews here and elsewhere, and the third…
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