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LATEST NEWSCrime Writing Legends Visit English Riviera For The 4th Sleuths! Festival The creator of detecting legend Inspector Morse, Agatha Christie's grandson and the son and writing partner of the late Dick Francis will head a spectacular line up of crime writing talent in Paignton this spring for the fourth Sleuths! festival of crime writing on the English Riviera The new book, Good Bait, has been out in the UK for a weeks now and, after a slowish start, sales of both the hardback and ebook have started to climb, with a reprint of the hardback imminent. Remember the tortoise and the hare ... LATEST REVIEWSAnno Dracula The Bloody Red Baron Kim Newman Among the most intriguing (and welcome) publishing phenomena of recent years has been the revival of interest (via Titan's reissue programme) in Kim Newman's splendid reinvention of Bram Stoker's Dracula mythos. Newman's books, previously published, have risen from the dead (highly appropriate, given their central protagonist) with all the author's customary prodigal invention and audacious genre mixing intact, but with much new material added . . . Drive DVD starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Albert Brooks Once upon a time, back in the good old, bad old days, I described James Sallis as 'an unsung hero of crime' in my column in the Independent on Sunday. Well, he's certainly not unsung these days, as his novel Drive is now a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE as they were described in my youth LATEST FEATURES
Iceland's Talent To Watch Out For: Quentin Bates' Second Rundown On the first of November every year, that year's Arnaldur Indriðason novel is published. It's something that has become a significant, eagerly anticipated event and during the first week or two of every November the talk around the water coolers and in workshop canteens turns to the 'latest Arnaldur' as people dissect and discuss Iceland's top author's newest book. A book tends to be the fallback option for a Christmas gift in Iceland, so the pre-Christmas market is crucial to Iceland's publishers with the bulk of the year's sales taking place in a matter of a few weeks...
Stockholm Noir: Jens Lapidus talks To Barry Forshaw For We Love This book, Barry Forshaw talks to Jens Lapidus about his Stockholm Noir trilogy - the side-earner to his day profession as a criminal lawyer that has earnt him the respect of the greats LATEST INTERVIEWS
Generating Suspense: Nancy Bilyeau On The Crown When I came up with the idea for my first novel, I began with the time period: the reign of Henry VIII. I've always been fascinated with the Tudor age. I enjoy reading historical mysteries and thrillers, and wanted to try to write one myself...
William Landay On Defending Jacob DEFENDING JACOB takes up the question of the emerging science of "behavioral genetics", which suggests that physical factors — very specific genetic mutations or malfunctioning of the brain — may create a biological tendency toward violence. In the novel, the protagonist Andy Barber is haunted by the idea that he has passed a "murder gene" to his teenage son. Is it possible? |