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LATEST NEWS
The Mystery Readers International (Mystery Readers Journal) has announced the Macavity Award nominations for works published in 2007, with Britain's John Connolly and Ariana Franklin in the fiction section, while Barry Forshaw's Rough Guide to Crime Fiction is nominated in the non-fiction category Theakstons Old Peculier Shortlist Announced Thousands of votes from all over the country have been cast over the last two months to create the long-awaited shortlist for the 4th annual Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Won last year by debut novelist Allan Guthrie for Two Way Split, the 2008 shortlist once again reflects the very best in today's crime writing scene LATEST REVIEWSThe Killer Inside Lindsay Ashford Despite the grim nature of the plot, Megan and Dominic are likeable characters and the book skips along briskly to a memorable ending that provides enough of a jolt to shock even the most jaded reader The Mammoth Book Of Best Crime Comics Paul Gravett, Editor What a rich and loamy mix is here! Comics authority Paul Gravett is the perfect guide for the reader through one of the richest and most subversive genres of comics, taking us from the hyper-violent American crime comics of the 1950s (the very tales that brought the wrath of the moral guardians of the day down on the industry) right up to modern-day masters |
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LATEST FEATURES
Mankell Bags Honours Swedish crime supremo Henning Mankell has bagged an honorary degree from Scotland's St Andrews University.
Violence And Karin Slaughter It is the victim's perspective that matters to Karin Slaughter...Danuta Kean in The Independent on a writer who pushed the envelope LATEST INTERVIEWS
Death Preferable To Revelation How screwed up we all are... Example: 1 in 3 women have been a victim of some form of sexual abuse. 1 in 25 of all the population (a debated estimate, but close enough) are sociopaths...
I Was Always Scribbling: Reginald Hill On Writing Crime I played rugby; in the first term I was in the second row with a man whose name was pronounced "Dee-ell". It took me a little time to realise this chap, who I was putting my arms round in the scrum, was the same as the person listed on the team-sheet as "Dalziel" Reginald Hill talks to Jonathan Sale in The independent |
