Feature: Ragdoll: Daniel Cole Talks To Crime Time
One of the first, and admittedly rather major, obstacles to overcome when beginning my debut novel was my complete and utter lack of writing experience. I’m not talking about ‘I’ve…
Review: Apple Tree Yard, The Idealist & Other New Blu-rays
APPLE TREE YARD, Jessica Hobbs, director/Arrow Blu-Ray When Louise Doughty’s novel first appeared, it was not treated as a study of mature female sexuality – but that has undoubtedly been…
Feature: The Night Before The Hanging: Antonia Hodgson Talks To Crime Time
Back in January last year, I received an email from Harry Bingham, author and founder of the Writers’ Workshop. I’d last seen Harry at the York Festival of Writing. Somehow,…
Review: The Art Of Distraction
Boy, do we need the distractions of crime fiction in 2017 more than ever. Not that the genre is full of escapism that doesn’t deal with the real world (in…
News: New German Crime Drama: Nick’s Law
As German drama continues its renaissance, brace yourselves for a tough, maverick crime drama that flexes the talents of German mega star and Hollywood actor, Til Schweiger (Inglorious Basterds, The…
Review: Spook Street By Mick Herron, The Intrusions By Stav Sherez
Spook Street by Mick Herron/John Murray, £14.99, 341 pages It’s not often a reviewer can say ‘You’ve never read anything quite like this’, but it’s a safe encomium to use…
News: Slater, Gambon In Mobsters From Final Cut
Starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Michael Gambon, Richard Grieco, Mobsters is directed by Michael Karbelnikoff; it is to be relesed on BLu-Ray by Final Cut. The history of the most…
Feature: Date With Death: Julia Chapman On Her Descent Into Crime
Everyone keeps asking how I fell into a life of crime. My previous fiction, set in the bucolic French Pyrenees, couldn’t really be categorised as criminal in intent. Although there…
News: The Crime Book To Be Published By Dorling Kindersley
The Crime Book is published by DK on 3 April. With a foreword by international bestselling thriller writer Peter James. This compelling, illustrated guide to the history of crime and…
Feature: The One After 9:09: Tony Broadbent Talks To Crime Time
The One After 9:09 is a Mystery With A Backbeat. The birth of The Beatles is still shrouded in controversy—mystery, even. History tells us that on Saturday, October 28, 1961,…