The Killer Novel
THE KILLER NOVEL is a three and a half day residential retreat on the international art of great Crime Writing 25th-28th Aug Bank Holiday. There are few people better qualified…
CRIME TIME AT THE MOVIES: FRENCH CONSPIRACY THRILLER SCRIBE
Duval is a little guy, slaving away while everyone else in the office celebrates, and then he’s handed a glass of champagne and a request for a report the following…
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Renee Ballard is a detective working the graveyard shift, nights, in Hollywood. She handles whatever comes along, and whatever comes along is why the cops call the beat the Late…
The Irregular: H.B. Lyle talks to Crime Time
Like so many crime writers, my first love was Sherlock Holmes. My second love was Harry Flashman, George MacDonald Fraser’s caddish soldier who capers through Victorian history in the most…
Coming in September: A. C. Koning’s Out of Shot
Berlin, 1933. Hitler has just become Chancellor, and the Nazi regime is rapidly consolidating its power.Cast into this volatile situation, with only his wits to help him, blind war veteran…
Getting Carter by Nick Triplow
Despite being well respected in France and attaining cult status in America, Ted Lewis is largely forgotten in his native Britain. Author of nine novels, his legacy today largely rests…
Dead Beautiful: New Parisan Crime TV Drama
Launching on All 4 on Friday 4th August 2017, DEAD BEAUTIFUL is Walter Presents’ new Parisian crime offering made up of nine self-concluding episodes: each one brimming with expertly plotted…
If the Cops Don’t Get You, Bad Luck Will: Crime Fiction as a Conservative Genre
For all of its interesting variants (from cozies to serial killers and from volunteer detectives to police procedurals), the traditional mystery or detective novel remains arguably one of the most…
Mr Campion’s Abdication by Mike Ripley
Old detectives never die, they just find a way – to work after retirement age. That’s true of Rebus and Harry Bosch – but Albert Campion? Well, here he is…
New Crime Discs: Public Enemy, Stormy Monday, etc.
PUBLIC ENEMY (Mathieu Frances & Gary Seghers, directors) Nordic Noir & Beyond How often does a new crime series from abroad sample elements fairly shamelessly from several of its predecessors?…