Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith audiobook
Narrated by Robert Glenister — In the Acknowledgements for this new crime thriller, Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) says she’s never enjoyed writing a book more than this one, and it shows. It starts with a bang, and the energy never flags. Devotees of the heavy…
CIS: Books to Die For
Whether it’s Golden Age giants or great lost novels, there’s always another crime classic waiting to be discovered. If Classics in September has opened your eyes to this diverse literary canon, then there’s a new edition of an ambitious book that provides an indispensable insight…
16 wonderful things about Harrogate 2014
Over the weekend – 17 to 20 July – crime authors from around Britain, and all over the world, made their annual pilgrimage to Harrogate for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. One of them had a special mission. In addition to attending talks…
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Last summer it was revealed that JK Rowling had a secret identity as crime writer Robert Galbraith, a cunning ruse to prove she wasn’t just relying on her name to get published. Galbraith had already been named one to watch by Val McDermid and Mark…
Interview: Ian Rankin
Rebus is back! Just a year since the publication of Standing in Another Man’s Grave, the ex-cop’s comeback that had him working in a cold case unit, now Rebus is an Edinburgh detective once again for the latest book, Saints of the Shadow Bible. He…
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
The mystery surrounding Robert Galbraith was solved this month when it was revealed that this debut novelist was in fact JK Rowling writing under a pseudonym. The Cuckoo’s Calling is the Harry Potter author’s first foray into crime fiction. So is it any good? After…