News: Dagger In The Library Longlist Announced
The Dagger in the Library longlist has been annouced at a First Monday Crime event in London. This is the prestigious prize for a body of work by a crime…
Feature: Case – Composer PÉtur JÓnsson Interviewed
Composer of the score for intense Icelandic drama Case talks about his working methods, commitment to storytelling, and what makes a great scene. Pétur Jónsson’s soundtrack for Case is a…
Review: Scandinavian Crime Fiction By Jakob Stougaard-nielsen
I thought I had nothing to learn. As someone who has written four books on the subject, edited a variety of magazines and interviewed most of the key authors, you…
Review: The Witness For The Prosection, Modus, Don’t Breathe And Other New Blu-rays
THE WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, Julian Jarrold, director/RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn Given the success of the last Sarah Phelps Agatha Christie adaptation, And Then There Were None, it was inevitable that…
Review: Her Husband’s Lover By Julia Crouch, Cruel Mercy By David Mark
Her Husband’s Lover by Julia Crouch As Julia Crouch coined the term ‘Domestic Noir’, it’s hardly surprising that she herself is one of the most adroit practitioners of the genre…
Feature: Devour: L A Larkin Talks To Crime Time
Antarctica is a beautiful, savage, unforgiving host to the few thousand temporary residents who arrive each summer. She will mess with your head. She will push you to your limits,…
Ann Cleeves To Receive Cwa Diamond Dagger
The Crime Writers’ Association is delighted to announce that Ann Cleeves is to receive the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing. The Dagger award recognises authors…
Ian Rankin: There’s Nothing Crime Fiction Can’t Do
Ian Rankin does crime novels exceptionally well. His fictional Detective Inspector John Rebus has as high a profile across the UK as Rankin does, thanks to 21 novels, numerous short…
Review: The Art Of Reginald Heade By Stephen James Walker
The Art Of Reginald Heade By Stephen James WalkerBarry Forshaw Any aficionado of the golden age of British paperback crime thrillers (specifically, that is, the British imitations of the tough,…
News: Two New Michael Connelly Titles In 2017– Including Start Of A New Series
Michael Connelly, Sunday Times bestselling author of twenty-nine previous novels, including The Wrong Side of Goodbye and The Crossing, will publish two novels in 2017 including the start of a…