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…
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The return of Philip Marlowe!
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…
Britain’s best new women crime writers
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…
A Patient Fury
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…
A Patient Fury
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…
Throwing stones
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…
Keith Nixon: Top five books of 2016
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,…
A Deadly Thaw
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…
In Bitter Chill
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…
Interview: Sarah Ward
Can you imagine the thrill Sarah Ward must have been feeling when her agents called up in May last year to say that Faber &…
Previewed: The 15 big crime books to read this summer
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…
NTN: New authors at Iceland Noir
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…