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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". Crime Time NewsThe Nordic Noir book Club has announced the following exciting events, taking place later this month. Borgen Briefing Saturday 18 February: A meeting with one of BBC4's 'Borgen' directors, Annette K. Olesen, and Danish experts from UCL, to discuss the nations' new favourite Scandinavian drama. The event is organised by UCL Nordic film specialist Claire Thomson... Crime Fiction Rules At Libraries PLR figures have revealed that crime fiction entries (including many novels by American authors) constitute every entry of the top 10 most borrowed titles from UK libraries between July 2010 and June 2011. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (published by Transworld) is the single most borrowed book, boasting 78,342 loans. Thriller Titan James Patterson has bagged five of the top slots and remains the single most borrowed author in Britain's library service. 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. 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 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". A Trip On The Thames...as James Bond The boat you are riding in is speeding along the Thames, the familiar landmarks passing by at a considerable clip. But suddenly you hear the John Barry Orchestra playing the James Bond theme, there is a grinding of motors, and the craft you're in takes off like a bullet, the water slapping beneath you and centrifugal force pinning you back in your seat. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Cancelled In India Oscar-nominated thriller withdrawn from release in India after director David Fincher refuses to cut 'unsuitable' sex scenes First Look At Oliver Stone's Savages First Look at Blake Lively and Benicio Del Toro in SAVAGES Hugh Bonneville To Star In Adaptation Of Peter James' Dead Simple Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has signed to play the lead in Dead Simple, a feature version of the bestselling crime novel City University London Announces UK's First Degree Tailored To Aspiring Crime Novelists City University London has announced that it will be launching the country's first ever Master's Degree dedicated to crime thriller writing, in response to student demand and the increasing popularity of the genre. Hilary Bonner Pens New Thriller For Pan Mac Pan Macmillan Publishing Director, Wayne Brookes, has acquired two brand new psychological thrillers by Hilary Bonner from Tony Peake. Brookes secured world rights for The Cruellest Game and one as yet untitled novel. The Cruellest Game is scheduled for publication in 2013. Hennessey Acquires Swedish Crime Series Alison Hennessey, in her first signing as Senior Crime Editor at Harvill Secker, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) for two books in the critically acclaimed, award-winning Intercrime series by Swedish crime writer Arne Dahl, in a deal with Tor Jonasson at the Salomonsson agency. The first book in the series which follows an elite team of detectives assembled to investigate international violent crime, The Blinded Man, will be published in Vintage paperback in July 2012 and Bad Blood, which revolves around an American serial killer on the loose in Sweden, will be published by Harvill Secker in summer 2013... Hammett Prize Nominees Announced The Hammett Prize nominees for 2011 have been announced. According to the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers, the contenders are: Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster); Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje (Knopf); The Informant by Thomas Perry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); The Killer is Dying by James Sallis (Walker & Co.) The Mystery Writers of America announce their 2012 Edgar Awards nominees Ian Rankin Wants Tax Incentives To Help New Authors Inspector Rebus creator fears for new writing talent as publishers cut advances and internet transforms industry Peter Temple Wins The International Deutscher Krimipreis 2012 First Place in the International Deutscher Krimipreis 2012 goes to Peter Temple for 'Truth' Dalziel And Pascoe Creator Reginald Hill Dies The writer Reginald Hill, who created the Yorkshire detective duo Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe, has died aged 75 Theakston Crime Festival Dates Mark Billingham is chairing the 2012 Festival, the stars of which will include Jo Nesbo, Harlan Coben, and Charlaine Harris. Mafia Is Italy's Biggest Business It was once confined to the sun-baked, sleepy south of Italy but the mafia is now the country's biggest business enterprise Best Crime Novel Cover Contest Winner Announced Coming out on top was Penguin's mid-2011 paperback reprint of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Sci-fi and fantasy specialist Angry Robot Books is to launch a crime fiction imprint in 2013 Mercy: Jussi Adler-Olsen's Carl Morck Novels To Be Adapted For The Screen Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen's series detective Carl Morck (of Copenhagen's Department Q) is to enjoy a screen adaptation courtesy of Louise Vesth, one of the producers of Lars von Trier's Melancholia. The first four Department Q novels will be prepared for television and cinema release along the lines of the Larsson Millennium trilogy screen versions. Crime Time's Best Crime Novel Of 2011 Goes To Before I Go To Sleep By S. J. Watson Congratulations to the winner of Crime Time's Best Crime Novel of 2011, Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson (published by Transworld), which just pipped all the others to make it into first place UK Launch Of The Boy In The Suitcase At Foyles The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnette Friis is being launched at Foyles on 17th January at The Gallery, Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0EB; TIME: 6.30pm to 8.00pm. Shots' Stotter Shoots Straight The parallel career of the editor of Shots, Mike Stotter (as author of gritty Westerns), continues, as he tells Crime Time: For all those Kindle lovers out there, hot on the heels of TOMBSTONE SHOWDOWN comes the sequel TUCSON JUSTICE. The serenity of the township of Flower Creek is blasted apart by gunfire. Inside a minute two men lay dead and a third left mortally wounded... |
