The crime fiction innovators
On the Radar — What a time we have ahead with huge releases on the way from Denise Mina and Jeffery Deaver. There are new characters, new concepts and new twists being introduced among this week’s upcoming crime novels so we’re declaring it a week…
CIS: My classics by Rosie Claverton
The Cardiff-based novelist and screen writer Rosie Claverton is more than happy being a modern crime author. Her books include Code Runner, Binary Witness and Captcha Thief, and feature the high-tech detective Amy Lane. Right now, Rosie is working on the next in the series, Terror 404….
Solo by William Boyd
Solo is the latest of the James Bond continuation novels, which far outnumber the original books but have never matched Ian Fleming for unflinching brutality, thrilling action sequences and an obsessive accretion of period detail relating to fine dining, men’s tailoring and posh booze. William…
DeathBecomesHer: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
I was indoctrinated into the world of crime from an early age – a statement which makes me sound like a member of the Kray clan, so perhaps I should rephrase it? What I’m trying to say is that crime is in my blood… oh…
BINGO! You're dead! The strangest deaths in crime fiction...
Have you ever heard of a victim in a crime fiction book being murdered with a bingo marker? Neither had we until last week when someone emailed in to tell us about a book featuring just such a killing. So it got us thinking about…
Meet us at CrimeFest 2012
Have you put the dates 24-27 May into your diary yet? If you love crime fiction you should look into it because that’s when top crime fiction authors, aspring new writers and lovers of the genre like us will be converging on Bristol for the…