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WEB NEWS, FEATURES & REVIEWSfeature:
Thrillers Including Simon Khoury And Simon Kernick Jeremy Jehu gets all het up about the latest batch of thrillers news:
A Night Of Crime In Belgravia On Wednesday February 8th, come and hear three of the UK's finest crime writers discussing their work at Belgravia Books in the heart of London. review:
Bereft By Chris Womersley Just once in a while, a thriller comes along that is so good it takes your breath away news:
John Hawkes Takes The Lead In Jackie Brown Prequel The Switch Now, before anybody gets too excited it needs to be stated right up front that, no, Quentin Tarantino has no hand in this feature:
Mark Billingham And Paul Johnston In Conversation So what nudged you towards the genre? news:
Century Buys Chatterton Crime Debut Century has acquired two novels in a new procedural crime series by author Ed Chatterton, billing it as "gritty, dark, visceral and utterly gripping". Feature ArticlesThrillers Including Simon Khoury And Simon Kernick Jeremy Jehu gets all het up about the latest batch of thrillers Mark Billingham And Paul Johnston In Conversation So what nudged you towards the genre? Left Coast Crime Award Nominations Left Coast Crime 2012, "Mining for Murder," has announced the four awards Elmore Leonard: The Great American Novelist There is no greater writer of crime fiction than Elmore Leonard, and no one who has more resplendent energy Jens Lapidus On Turning Swedish Crime Writing On Its Head Jens Lapidus's novel Easy Money has become the fastest selling Swedish crime novel in a decade How Difficult Is It To Write A Crime Novel?
contributor: Iain Finlayson (half of Matthew McAllister) Elmore Leonard is one of the undisputed masters of hip, cool, crime fiction Danish Director Nicolas Winding Refn Pushes Drive Into High Gear Nicolas Winding Refn, director of Drive, doesn't himself drive. He has failed his driver's license test eight times For a writer who never thought she'd write a novel, Jacqueline Winspear finds that Maisie Dobbs brings together many of her great interests Five Best Books: French Noir Fiction - chosen by R J Ellory Bad Men, Bad Women, And The Need For A Knife-proof Vest Martina Cole is not how you would imagine Si Spurrier Talks Nonsense. But that's irrelevant. Here's a video he did Crime Reviews: Carol O'Connell, Simon Lelic, Elizabeth George And Paul Johnston Jake Kerridge relishes new crime novels by Carol O'Connell, Simon Lelic, Elizabeth George and Paul Johnston The Lewis Man by Peter May, She's Never Coming Back by Hans Koppel, Good Bait by John Harvey and A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths Mons Kallentoft In The Financial Times On Barry Forshaw's Death In A Cold Climate I met Barry Forshaw briefly at a dinner for crime fiction aficionados in London some time ago. He was the obvious authority in the room; I could see people straining to hear, weighing his words carefully. That evening, Forshaw came across as humble, intelligent and perceptive.
His new book Death in a Cold Climate is both intelligent and perceptive. Humble it is not. It is, to my knowledge, the most complete guide to Scandinavian crime fiction yet written in any language, an invaluable companion for anyone interested in the genre... Graham Hurley Talks to Crime Time... More than decade ago, thanks to an invitation from Orion, I became a crime writer. This wasn't a corner of commercial fiction I'd ever regarded with much enthusiasm but the fridge was getting emptier and – to be frank – I couldn't afford to say no to a three-book contract. But where to start? One answer would have been the crime shelves of my local library but that would have been a short cut to pastiche fiction and so I fenced off a couple of precious months and set about getting alongside working detectives. Tough call... Thought (and Other) Processes By Julia Crouch I'm not a creature of habit or routine – I'm more of an adapt and survive character All Crime Authors Depend On Expert Guidance
contributor: Leigh Russell Chasing Salander Expands The Dragon Tattoo Story The Chasing Salander iPhone app lets you dive deeper into Stieg Larson's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo What makes a brilliant crime novel? From the painstaking work at the crime scene, forensic examination moves to the lab Euro Crime Favourite Read Of 2011 Is Mercy By Jussi-adler Olsen The Euro Crime website review team have voted Mercy by Jussi-Adler Olsen, translated by Lisa Hartford and published by Penguin, as their favourite read of 2011 Crime has long been part of Filipino literature, with criminal and violent acts at the heart of many a literary work Crime Scene Forensics: How Does It Work? Forensic techniques and practices are now a key part of police investigations from the start Plotto: The Master Book Of All Plots The art of mechanized storytelling |
