The Shrouded Path
Written by Sarah Ward — Immersive theatre is a thing these days. For the uninitiated, it’s where you arrive at a show and get drawn into…
Written by Sarah Ward — Immersive theatre is a thing these days. For the uninitiated, it’s where you arrive at a show and get drawn into…
On the Radar — Well, whaddaya know? Philip Marlowe is back on the crime bookshelf this week, a result of Raymond Chandler’s estate inviting journalist…
Women may be battling the glass ceiling in many professions, but in the world of crime writing they’ve shattered it with all manner of sharp…
Sarah Ward’s third novel, A Patient Fury, is once again set in the rural Peak District. This time the mentally frail DC Connie Childs is investigating…
Written by Sarah Ward — Detective Inspector Frances Sadler receives a phone call late one night. There’s been a fire over at a large house on the…
On the Radar — Given the title of Louise Penny’s latest novel, we’re expecting some stone throwing, or at least some of the double standards…
This has been a particularly great year for crime fiction, so this has been a difficult list to compile. The gems started piling up from January,…
Written by Sarah Ward — Bampton, the Derbyshire Peak District, September 2004. Lena Fisher is arrested and confesses to the murder of her husband, Andrew, suffocating…
Written by Sarah Ward — Family history is a remarkable obsession shared by millions of people in Britain and around the world. They say it’s a pastime…
Can you imagine the thrill Sarah Ward must have been feeling when her agents called up in May last year to say that Faber &…
The summer is a huge time for the publishers. There are so many working people around the world who can’t find the time year-round to…
With a man on the ground reporting from Iceland Noir in Reykjavik, we take a look at some of the new authors who are taking…