Patricia Highsmith

The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith

By Andre

1 June, 2014

Almost 20 years after her death, the crime novels of Patricia Highsmith are enjoying another revival in print and now ebooks, as well as on the big screen. The adaptation of The Two Faces of January, scripted and directed by Hossein Amini, will be followed…

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Under the Channel by Gilles Pétel

By Andre

11 May, 2014

Translated by Emily Boyce and Jane Aitken — A dead body on a train is a mystery straight out of Agatha Christie and the Golden Age of crime fiction. When the murder was committed on the train’s journey through the Channel Tunnel, though, which country’s…

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Sutler - The Kills Book 1 by Richard House

By Andre

17 December, 2013

Described as an epic novel of crime and conspiracy, The Kills is as baffling as it is brilliant. This ambitious project is actually four books – Sutler, The Massive, The Kill and The Hit. Each one can be read like a normal ebook, or enjoyed…

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Defending Elton by TJ Cooke

By MarinaSofia

10 December, 2013

November may be over, but new talent still appears regularly on our radar screens. Admittedly, Tim Cooke is not exactly an inexperienced writer. He has written many hours of TV and radio drama, including contributions to such popular British shows as The Bill, London’s Burning…

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Strangers on a Train calls at the West End

By Andre

21 November, 2013

Almost 20 years after her death, Patricia Highsmith is set to have a West End hit with the stage adaptation of the debut novel that made her name. Strangers on a Train has just opened at the Gielgud Theatre in London and Highsmith fans should…

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WhoWunnit? Christie triumphs in CWA poll

By Andre

5 November, 2013

The result is in! And the 600 authors who are members of the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) have given double honours to the Queen of Crime. Agatha Christie has won both the Best Ever Novel and Best Ever Crime Author accolades. At an event at…

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Are crime novels killing short stories?

By Andre

18 September, 2013

While the crime novel is in rude health with huge sales for contemporary genre authors, what about the short story? It’s true that labyrinthine crime plots have always suited the novel – although Golden Age writers penned shorter novels than today’s chunky bestsellers – but…

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LoiteringWithIntent: the five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

By LoiteringWithIntent

17 May, 2013

In comparison to my fellow CFL contributors, I came to crime pretty late. No Famous Five, no Secret Seven. Although Roald Dahl covered some very dark territory – domestic violence, worldwide infanticide plots, elaborate tortures in a chocolate factory. So when I finally caught up,…

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The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith

Under the Channel by Gilles Pétel

Sutler - The Kills Book 1 by Richard House

Defending Elton by TJ Cooke

Strangers on a Train calls at the West End

WhoWunnit? Christie triumphs in CWA poll

Are crime novels killing short stories?

LoiteringWithIntent: the five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

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