That old black magic
On the Radar — Today we’re in the thrall of Christopher Fowler once again as Bryant and May return for a murder case that’s caught in the dark shadow of the occult. Always a good thing, in our book. But that’s not all, our On…
Don't pay the ferryman with liquorice
On the Radar — The Ancient Greeks used to proffer some good advice: don’t pay the ferryman until he gets you to the other side. Chris de Burgh followed up and turned the phrase into a hit record in 1982. But what would Socrates or…
Presumed Dead
Written by Mason Cross — In Presumed Dead the ex-special forces man Carter Blake returns for his fifth outing offering his services as an all-action finder of missing persons. This time it’s a woman he’s looking for. Adeline Connor disappeared 15 years ago from the small…
Deep Blue Trouble
Written by Steph Broadribb — Lori Anderson, Steph Broadribb’s Florida-based bounty hunter and single mother, returns in Deep Blue Trouble. There’s no rest for Lori as this story begins one week after the events in the author’s debut novel, Deep Down Dead. Old Man Bonchese, head…
Reporting from Hull Noir
There was no flicker of conflict during the first panel of the Hull Noir crime fiction festival, held 17-19 November. Entitled Sleeping with the Fishes: Hull vs Iceland, the discussion took its theme from the bitter Cod Wars that raged between Iceland and Britain for…
NTN: Five women to watch in 2018
New, strong female voices are shining in crime fiction at the moment, and you could even say they are driving the genre. It’s refreshing is to see the breadth of topics, styles and subgenres these writers are tackling, and contrary to what is reflected in…
NTN: Scream Blue Murder Tony J Forder
Published by indie outfit Bloodhound books, Scream Blue Murder is the third novel this year by new author Tony J Forder. An action thriller, it features the bad tempered protagonist Mike Lynch. He’s your average guy out on the road for business who ends up getting drawn…