Trump, the Russians, and one outrageous secret
On the Radar — Wow, we’ve got some fun for you this week as an anonymous British author speculates on just how far the Russians might have infiltrated the life of America’s most powerful personality… you know who! There’s a new Rebus novel from Ian…
Murder on Christmas Eve
Edited by Cecily Gayford — Following Murder Under the Christmas Tree last year, this is the second collection of mysteries for the festive season produced by Profile Books. The appeal of such seasonal anthologies? Well, it represents a safe choice of Christmas present for the…
Big and Bloody Scotland
Torches as mighty as claymores fired up the biggest Bloody Scotland crime writing festival to date, with an opening procession from the crag of Stirling Castle, just a hammer’s throw from the Wallace Monument and the site of the Battle of Bannockburn. Held from Friday…
CIS: The classics of Tartan noir
Scottish crime fiction has a long and lustrous history. Whether set in Scotland or written by Scots there is a wealth of classics from which to choose. Our feature includes some of the earliest examples as well as modern works by still-active authors – all…
A Stab in the Dark returns
Award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham has returned to the world of podcasts this week, hosting a new series investigating the worlds of crime fiction and TV crime drama. Produced by UKTV, this is the second series in which Billingham will interview leading names in print and…
Bloody Scotland crime festival revelations
Bloody Scotland has announced its line up of crime-writing suspects and is staging its gala opening of the annual crime festival this year in Stirling Castle. The event takes place 8 to 10 September, and the winner of the McIlvanney Prize 2017 for the Scottish Crime…
Philip Rafferty: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
I missed many years of mystery reading due to the faulty assumption that what I would encounter in crime fiction would be trite and less well-written than more serious literature. I wondered why anyone would read mysteries when they could read Proust, or James Joyce, or Tolstoy?…