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Death
In A Cold Climate
A Guide to Scandinavian
Crime Fiction

by Barry Forshaw

Published Jan 2012
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by Barry Forshaw

WEB NEWS, FEATURES & REVIEWS

news: Scottish Festival Celebrates Crime Writing
www.fifetoday.co.uk

The programme for Scotland's first crime-writing festival has been launched

feature: British Noir Celebrated
www.amazon.co.uk

Specifically Patrick Hamilton's 'Hangover Square'

interview: David Mark Talks About The Dark Winter And Being An Author!
wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.co.uk

David Mark talks about the background to his debut novel, The Dark Winter

news: Crime On Tour: 29 May – 14 June 2012
www.crimetime.co.uk

This year, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate turns ten, and to mark the occasion it is taking to the road to bring an early taste of Festival fun to crime writing fans

news: Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year
harrogateinternationalfestivals.com

2012 marks the eighth year of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

review: Another Time, Another Life By Leif G.W. Persson Trans Paul Norlen
www.amazon.co.uk

Successfully blends both a police procedural, and political intrigue together with a dose of very dark humour and satire

Feature Articles

A Shot Of Faraday — And Other Things — From Graham Hurley

Long a favourite of Crime Time, the talented Graham Hurley has sent the much-loved DI Faraday to join Rebus and Wallander in the place where detectives go when they're hors de combat. But if you're having Faraday withdrawal symptoms, here's a shot of something consolatory...

British Noir Celebrated

Specifically Patrick Hamilton's 'Hangover Square'

Stockholm Text & Swedish Queens Of Crime

Swedish Crime Writers Go Global

The A To Z Of Crime Fiction

26 key elements essential in turning a crime novel into a gripping, unputdownable read

Harry Clarke's Haunting 1919 Illustrations For Edgar Allan Poe's Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

Artful Edwardian-era erotica at the intersection of the whimsical and the macabre

The Thrill Of The Kill?

Violence and art have a long history

Soho Press Pushes Forward Under Bronwen Hruska

Having an anchor like Soho Crime nurtures their ability to be ambitious about the types of things they publish

An Amazing Source Of 40's Pulp Fiction In Ebook Form

Munseys is an online ebook source that has the most wonderful collection of all the greatest (and worst) pulp fiction from the 1940s

Where's The Love For — And In — Hardboiled?

You don't see the term "hardboiled" much any more

Cecil Day-Lewis, crime writer

Bestselling detective novels written under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake, are finally back in print

My Six Years With Lisbeth Salander

Barry Forshaw reports on his recent Scandinavian tour

Could You Imagine A James Bond Film Directed By Alfred Hitchcock?

What If Alfred Hitchcock Led the James Bond Franchise?

A Beginner's Guide To Crime Fiction

Ten essential crime and mystery novels

Read From Camilla Läckberg's Chilling Third Crime Novel The Stonecutter

Läckberg's third novel The Stonecutter is a suspenseful tale of shattered innocence

New In Crime Fiction: A Guide To The Latest Mysteries And Thrillers

Marc Strange, Martin Limón, Helene Tursten, Eleanor Kuhns, Robert Rotenberg, Simon & Schuster and Bill Haugland

The Setting For Crossbones Yard By Kate Rhodes

The debut novel by Kate Rhodes is the first in a series of novels featuring Dr Alice Quentin a Psychologist at Guy's Hospital

Sherlock: A Character Who's More Than Elementary

In the 125 years since Arthur Conan Doyle created the world's greatest detective, 75 different actors have played him in the movies

Barry Forshaw talking with Stephen Berkoff at the launch of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Blu-ray Launch

contributor: Jason Palmer
Last week the new London Film Museum in Covent Garden played host to an exclusive The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo exhibition of film, book and graphic novel memorabilia to celebrate the film's release on Blu-ray and DVD this week. EF's Jason was kindly invited along to see it and among those in attendance were Steven Berkoff (who plays the lawyer Dirch Frode), Barry Forshaw (the UK's leading expert on Scandinavian film and TV) and renowned tattooist Nikole Lowe (as seen on TV's London Ink).

First Footage From Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher Movie Screened!

First footage from Tom Cruise's upcoming stint as Lee Child's popular crime novel character Jack Reacher

ITV cracks murder mystery

ITV1 has commissioned a three-part murder mystery about a group of former wartime code breakers who use their skills to solve a pair of suspicious deaths

Love And Crime Italian-style: Andrea Camilleri

Police and pasta, what's not to like?

The Twelve Best Essays On Crime Fiction

I love to read essays on literature, but above all I love to read essays on crime fiction

The Complete Works: Ranking All 62 Stephen King Books

The tough, ruthless calls to rank them all — no cop-out ties allowed

The Best Novel Nominees, Or How To Handicap The 2011 Edgars

For the first time in recent memory, none of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award nominees for Best Novel have ever been nominated before

Lauren Child's New Girl Detective

Lauren Child is best known for creating Charlie and Lola but her new girl-detective Ruby Redfort is closer to her heart