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Feature ArticlesWhy Are We So Hungry For Scandinavian Crime Fiction? So why do we love Scandi-crime so? To Sell Crime, You've Got To Have The Right Name Scots crime writer Shona MacLean 'killed off' to appeal to men Stieg Larsson And The Dark Side Of The Swedish Ideal Before he wrote his bestselling Millennium trilogy, Larsson was a campaigning journalist So many people are doing it wrong Descent Into Death: A Glimpse At 1950s American Crime Fiction Are the 1950s the most luridly masochistic, twisted, self-obsessed, self-voyeuristic decade in American history? One Minute With: Mark Billingham, crime writer New thrillers from Mark Allen Smith, Charles Cumming and Barry Lyga CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Speculation A list of eligibles for this dagger Is Scandinavian TV drama overrated? Are viewers more willing to forgive Scandinavian imports' flaws? U.S. publishers are importing more mysteries from around the globe Nils Nordberg On Nordic Noir, Circa 2005 We are very pleased to have Nils Nordberg, the leading Scandinavian crime fiction authority, contribute to Crime Time. His analysis of Nordic Noir was written in 2005 and describes the world as it looked then, before the current surge in interest Why Irish Crime Writers Are Dying To Get Out Of Dublin New Irish crime writers are reluctant to set their novels in Ireland Richard Godwin writes dark crime fiction, and he lets it slip the net like wash into horror There is no right or wrong answer to the question of how much violence should be included in a novel The Scandicrime Trans-Europe Express Just back from my exhilarating but exhausting round-Europe train trip for Death in a Cold Climate: four countries and multiple cities in seven days (Copenhagen, Malmö, Ystad, Lund Cologne), ending at the 'Danish Harrogate', Krimimessen in Horsens What Is A Crime Classic? By Josef Hoffmann Not every crime novel that has exercised a certain appeal on a particular number of readers, even decades after its publication, deserves the attribute 'crime classic' Author Don Winslow Talks Latest Thriller 'Satori' Plus The Brewing Film Adaptation With Leonardo DiCaprio The favorite haunts of Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous sleuth 2012 Spinetingler Award – Voting Now Open Lots of nominees for lots of awards Bloody Words convention announces finalists for inaugural 'Light Mystery' prize Bloody Words, Canada's largest convention of mystery fiction, has revealed the shortlist for its first annual Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award Always Keep Your Shovel Sharp – A Short Story By Clio Gray Clio Gray, winner of the Scotsman/Orange 2006 Award, has kindly allowed us to use her story 'Always Keep Your Shovel Sharp' Dreda Say Mitchell: Teaching A Crime Writing Course I was very excited when the good people at the Faber Academy invited me to create and run a crime-writing course for them. Of course I said yes, but then had to step back and ask myself what are the ingredients that make a great crime-writing course? Towards A Lexicogrammatical Pattern Of The Swedish Crime Novel The characteristic atmosphere of Scandinavian crime novels, often described as gloomy and somber, can be linguistically attested on the basis of recurring lexicogrammatical features 9 Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read According to Oprah the age of the hardboiled sleuth and his bimbo sidekick is over! Top 10: Your Favourite Crime Books Crime Fiction Lover measures how popular books are by using website traffic figures and looking at which reviews people are visiting Previous 25 Next 25 |