Kent Westmoreland - creator of New Orleans fixer, Burleigh Drummond
Jim Kelly - website of rising East Anglian based crime author Jim Kelly, now pushing on with a new series published by Penguin...
Peter Cheney - the official website for the man who was regarded as the premier British author of hard-boiled detective fiction
The Deighton Dossier - Perhaps the web's most comprehensive and regularly updated information resource about spy thriller and crime fiction writer Len Deighton, author of The Ipcress File, Yesterday's Spy, Violent Ward and Berlin Game.
Robert Wilson - author of noir crime novels set in West Africa, thrillers set in Portugal during WWII and a series of crime novels set in Seville, featuring the detective Javier Falcon
Alison Joseph Website for the author of the renowned Sister Agnes novels, featuring a crime-busting contemporary nun
Mark Penny - This site heralds the arrival of a new private investigator - Hymie Goldman - and his partner and ex-bouncer, Mike Murphy. In their first outing they pursue a stolen golden statuette - the Golden pig - across North London and the home counties leaving a trail of death and devastation in their wake. The book is high on thrills, spills and wisecracks, and the characters will be etched on your memory in no time. Check out the celebrity reviews too.
Woody Haut's Blog - Blog of London-based journalist, writer and noir fiction afficionado - unmissable material
Andrew Taylor - the website of British crime novelist Andrew Taylor, author of The Lydmouth Series, The Roth Trilogy and The Dougal Series - for more up-to-the-minute news, you can follow his blog >>
Lee Jackson -Extensive site for this member of the North London Historical Crime Writers Collective, including considerable non-fiction material on historical London
R. N. Morris -'Plog' (blog plus plug) for North London writer of historical crime fiction. Member of the North London Historical Crime Writers Collective
Frank Tallis - London-based writer and practicing clinical psychologist Frank Tallis' excellent website - Member of the North London Historical Crime Writers Collective
Martin Edwards - Liverpool based writer Martin Edwards' blog, with links to all his books and to The Murder Squad of which he is a member...
Brian Kavanagh - Author and filmmaker Brian Kavanagh's site, with details of the Belinda Lawrence mystery series. Make of it what you will...
Charlie Stella - new American master of the underworld thriller drawing favourable comparisons with Elmore Leonard, Mario Puzo, George V. Higgins - hardbacks available in the UK now, paperbacks on the way...
Russell James - All you'd ever need to know about the man they call the Godfather of British Noir.
John Creasey - Site devoted exclusively to the prolific English crime writer, John Creasey, author of over 550 crime novels including the famous 'Inspector West' and 'Gideon of the Yard' series, put together by the small press republishing his work: Tethered Camel
Alys Clare - Historical murder mysteries set in late 12^th century England by the pseudonymous Alys Clare - good-looking website complete with sample excerpts from each title to whet the appetite
Mark LaFlamme - site for award-winning US crime reporter Mark LaFlamme and his new crime novel, The Pink Room
Christopher G. Moore - Canadian author of the Vincent Calvino private eye series, mainly set in Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Peter James - Peter James has written a large collection of bestselling paranormal and crime novels and is also a veteran film producer apparently. The site features interviews, extracts, details about each of his books and articles Peter has written for the British press.
Rod MacDonald - First time author Rod MacDonald's site for his novel Broken Men and Fallen Women, a tale of blackmail, prostitution, murder and revenge in sunny Scotland - ah, they know how to have a good time...
James Twining - Website of thriller writer James Twining with news, reviews, extracts, reading group guides, FAQs, biographical information and photos, together with background details and pictures of the people, places, art and history that feature in his debut novel, The Double Eagle
James Sallis - one of the greats of contemporary crime writing
Carol Anne Davis - new improved link to the Carol Anne Davis site where you can find everything about the author, her crime fiction and true crime publications.
Barney Thomson - site devoted to the darkly comic Barney Thomson novels created by Scottish Author Douglas Lindsay - everything you could want to know about him, really.
lauralippman.com - Baltimore based crime novelist, Laura Lippman
Dennis Lehane - American crime novelist with a scary flash website...
Robert Crais - The official Robert Crais website
Eliot Pattison Tibet-loving Edgar Winner
Val McDermid - Possibly one of the best crime author sites around
Ed McBain - The official site for one of the American greats
Paul Johnston Author of the classic Quint Dalrymple novels, but with more and new stuff on the way - and a great looking website...
Fred Willard
Doug Swanson
Lawrence Block
Hank Janson - site dedicated to the neglected pulp fiction of Hank Janson.
Vincent Zandri - Home page for Vincent Zandri, author of Godchild, As Catch Can and the forthcoming 9th Life

Online Magazines and Journals

Swedish Book Review - Presents Swedish literature, including crime fiction, to the English-speaking world through reviews, articles and translated extracts.

Suspense Magazine - US-based Suspense Magazine, packed with reviews, author interviews, short story competitions, yearly round-ups - lots of stuff!

Mystery News - On-line home of the US-based Mystery News, the Anthony Award winning publication that is (quote):'the most complete, up-to-date, and entertaining guide to the latest US mystery books, writers, and events.' Mystery News is published bimonthly by Black Raven Press.

www.krimi-couch.de - For all you German speaking crime fans out there - 800 author profiles, 1500 reviews of an international range of authors - all in German of course but there you go...

CrimeSpree Magazine - US based mag with author news, new releases, interviews, reviews, short stories and insights from the authors themselves on everything from first tours, to favorite recipes to the influence of music and movies and how to cheat at poker. So, sort of an American equivalent to our own home-grown Crime Time then...
The Richmond Review
kamera.co.uk - new mag for indy, arthouse and world cinema
Mystery Readers International - an American quarterly thematic mystery Journal. Each issue contains articles, reviews, and author essays on a specific theme, as well as special columns, a calendar of events, and other mystery related material.
ttapress.com - website of the excellent British crime fiction magazine Crimewave
The Mysterious Home Page - top crime resources
The ClueLass Home Page
The Deadly Directory
Scenes of Crime - features reviews, articles and editorial and is written by a longtime crime fiction devotee and occasional contributor to 'Crime Time' magazine
Bookends.com
The Barcelona Review
Spike
Mystery Scene Magazine US based crime fiction mag. covering everything from 'gory bleak noir to candlelit cozy' - now run by Kate Stine and Brian Skupin.
Tangents - Describing itself as 'the home of un-popular culture' - what more could you ask for?
Scenes of Crime - features reviews, articles and editorial and is written by a longtime crime fiction devotee and occasional contributor to 'Crime Time' magazine
bookmunch.com - brain food in bite-sized pieces...
Gateway - a free online literary magazine featuring classic and original short and serialised stories, published on the first day of every month, and also carrying feature articles, picture galleries and book/film reviews. Gateway is now in its eighth year on the web...Bit skiffy if you ask me...

Crime Fiction Publishers

No Exit Press
Online Originals
Random House UK
HarperCollins
Faber & Faber
Penguin
Serpent's Tail
Bloomsbury
Pulp Faction
The Women's Press - home of Marcia Muller, ValMcDermid, Carolyn Morwood and others
Heaven Lake Press - publishers of the Canadian Christopher G. Moore's Vincent Calvino series
Intrigue Press - U.S. specialist crime publisher
Constable Robinson - the now combined forces of two old established UK publishers of crime fiction and the prolific 'Mammoth' series
Do Not Press - fiercely independent small UK press with a fine line in noir, hardboiled and murder mystery
Four Walls Eight Windows - No Exit's partners in crime Stateside
Bitter Lemon Press - Literary crime and romans noirs from abroad. Publishers of Padura, Benacquista and Glauser(2006 CWA Gold Dagger shortlist)
Soul Bay Press - an independent UK publisher, publishing ESTRELLA DAMN by MATTHEW LOUKES, a London Crime Novel.
Ostara Publishing - UK based publisher dedicated to rescuing neglected crime and thriller titles, with an interestingly themed approach, ranging from 'Cambridge Crime' to 'Top Notch Thrillers'

Online Bookstores

True-Crimes.com - online bookstore with information, books and documentaries on serial killers, female murderers, Charles Manson and the Manson Family, cults and sects, famous crimes and more...
Detective-Fiction.com - UK based online bookstore for collectable crime and mystery titles old and new
Macavity's - UK based monthly crime catalogue covering crime fiction, true crime and crime reference.
Murder One Book Store
High Stakes Gambling Bookstore - UK's only dedicated gambling bookstore
The Bookseller Crow
The Book Pl@ce
londonbooks.co.uk
BarnesandNoble.com
TheBigBookshop.co.uk
amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Waterstones
Heffers
Talking Book Club
BOL
Blackwells
Countrybookstore.co.uk
Murder By The Book - For those Stateside browsers (and frustrated UK visitors trying to track down US titles) this bookstore is based in Denver, Colorado. With mystery book clubs, newsletters, favorite mystery books list, collectibles, book reviews, signed 1sts, used books, and shopping cart, it might just do the trick...

crime and mystery sites:

www.eurocrime.co.uk - an ever-expanding site for fans and would-be fans of British and European crime fiction. It includes both British and other European crime fiction writers (that have been published in English) as well as non-European born authors who are strongly associated with European crime fiction (eg. Donna Leon).
thecrimeofitall.com - new UK based crime fiction review website with rapidly rising content, interviews, articles, discussion groups...
Michael Connelly talking to Michael Carlson - CT's Michael Carlson interviewed Michael Connelly on the publication of The Scarecrow, May 2009...
Irresistible Targets - Crime Time's own Film Editor adds essays on crime fiction and film, mainstream authors, art, music and whatever...updated regularly, sometimes controversial, always interesting....
Crime Beat - If you're looking for material beyond the usual range, then well worth a look at this South African blog, highlighting SA's recently flourishing crime writing genre
Crime Scenes - crime and mystery review & news site that covers novels and films, with an accent on Canadian crime writers. New but rapidly growing...
Crime Through Time - A website dedicated to historical mystery novels with sections covering author listings and bibliographies, new releases, a timeline of authors/books by period, reviews, links, and more.
Clerical Detectives - featuring a list of 180 (and growing) clerical and near-clerical detective novels, selected by Philip Grosset. Everyone is included from Sister Agatha to Rabbi Winter. There are clergy, ex-clergy, nuns, ex-nuns, rabbi, a rabbi's wife, a church administrator and an organist/choirmaster. There's even a clergyman spy. Plus reviews of seven other particularly recommended detectives from the past, ranging from John Appleby to Charlie Mortdecai.
Detectives Beyond Borders - American-based blog offering a forum devoted to international crime fiction (i.e. crime fiction from beyond the U.S.). Informed and opinionated blogmeister Peter Rozovsky welcomes contributions from site visitors and hosts lively debate onsite. Well worth a browse...
www.booked.tv - interactive crime and crime-fiction website and companion to the Canadian telvision series Booked, bringing together people passionate about crime scene investigation and crime stories, including crime fiction authors, mystery fans and real life CSI experts.
Chris High - freelance writer/reviewer's website with a number of crime fiction reviews - you might find it best to try the Site Map for a quick overview of what's on offer
Crime-USA: The Crime Locations Website - crime and mystery novels sorted by the US State in which the stories take place, with UK and US Amazon links. Travellers to the USA can bone up on the novels set in the cities they will be visiting - and why not?
Classic Crime Fiction - Bibliographies, articles and pictures of rare books - a non-commercial resource site for collectors and enthusiasts of the genre.
Judas_ezine - hardboiled and noir on this US site
Clue Lass
Overbooked
Thrilling Detective
Gumshoe
MysteryNet
Hank Janson - site dedicated to the neglected pulp fiction of Hank Janson.
The Deadly Directory

Miscellany

Iain Finlayson's Blog - New blog from Iain Finlayson, author, reviewer, creator of Where to Start with Scandinavian Crime Fiction - look for more crime fiction related material in the coming months

Russell James' Blog - Chat about writing and books in general. A frequently updated blog managed by Russell James with discussions on ink-on-paper books, ebooks and a whole lot more.

The Deighton Dossier - Perhaps the web's most comprehensive and regularly updated information resource about spy thriller and crime fiction writer Len Deighton, author of The Ipcress File, Yesterday's Spy, Violent Ward and Berlin Game.
Murder Party Murder mystery evenings and weekend events, for corporate or private functions throughout the UK. 'we do the acting so you can concentrate on being entertained.' is what they say
UCLA Extension Writers' Program - US based writing curriculum taught by over professional screenwriters, fiction writers, playwrights, poets, nonfiction writers, and experts in allied fields. Over 500 courses annually, many available online and an open admissions policy (well, you have to pay of course but then everyone has to pay sometime) so if you can't find an appropriate course in Wigan you could always try southern California...
Murder Mystery Weekends - Scotland - Craigdarroch Lodge Hotel is a 3 star country house hotel near Inverness offering 2 night murder mystery weekends, including themed and seasonal murder mysteries!
The Killing Game Murder Mystery Events - Interactive murder mystery events, both public and private, evenings and weekends.
Bite to Byte - The story of forensic odontology and injury analysis with a little mortuary humour blended in. A first hand account by the author. Forensic techniques include bite mark and weapon mark matching. Cases include the maverick MP Alan Clark, whose dog bit the BBC cameraman. Well worth a visit with extracts, video clips and lots more info. on the site.
Explore Forensics - forensic information, crime scene analysis, articles, information and products, "Free Detective Software", crime scene screensavers and more.
All about Forensic Psychology - interested in the minds of murderers? This informed and understated site provides a welcome introduction to a serious subject. A comprehensive guide to the world of forensic psycholgy, with definitions, history, theory and practice, careers, debates, offender profiling and study options are all covered in detail.
Crime Scene Investigation: Methods and Procedures - Covering methods and procedures for the accurate recording and recovery of evidence from the scene of a crime. It features photographs, drawings, self-assessment questions and checklists of roles, equipment and activities required at a UK crime scene - author-submitted link but why not? - now you budding writers can get it down right rather than having to make it up.
Murder Mystery Events - Live the drama for an evening or weekend as you enjoy good food and wine, or run the event as a corporate team building exercise
Malinche Entertainment - Experience interactive crime fiction where you are the detective in a murder mystery..
Word Up - An excellent online writers' resource, with a distinct crime writers' section
Digital Jungle
Situationist Archives
Church of the SubGenius
Refuse and Resist
Spunk Press
Official Kevin Mitnick Home Page
Cybrary of the Holocaust
Little Magazines - On-line guide to the UK's independent press, including submission guidelines and subscription rates.
Murder Break.co.uk - Murder Weekend breaks organised by Joy Swift, the creator of the genre in 1980 (is that possible?)
Themed Murder Mystery Events - something different for the works outing, perhaps?

News

Askaboutwriting.net - A news and resource site for writers of all abilities everywhere - not specific to crime writers but, hey, take your inspiration where you can find it... It updates on Saturdays. A free weekly newsbrief is emailed Mondays
book2book.co.uk
Publishing News
Publishers Weekly
CNN Books News
The Bookseller
BBC Entertainment News
News Now Entertainment News
Hollywood Reporter
Variety

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