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Crime Time 51 - Time for a Change
After 50 glorious issues Crime Time Magazine is leaping feet first into the era of instant digital access.
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back issues

Crime Time 1 Our debut issue contains interviews with John Harvey, Martina Cole, Derek Raymond, Andrew Klavan (True Crime). Plus, features on Cracker, Colin Wilson, Griff, Dannie M Martin, and our notorious reviews section.

Crime Time 2 Sorry, sold out, but watch this space for news of an e-version.

Crime Time 3 We interview Robert Rodriguez (Desperado) and Michael Mann (Heat), investigate the transvestite hitman fiction of Ed Wood Jr, talk the talk with Elizabeth George, Elliott Leyton, and Lawrence Block, give the low-down on German crime fiction, and feature an article by Booker prize nominee Julian Rathbone.

Crime Time 4 'The Violence Issue' Reservoir Dog, ex-con and writer Edward Bunker tells us how it is, Ben Elton takes the piss out of it, Joe Eszterhas exploits it, Morgan Freeman abhors it. Plus Mission: Impossible, Heaven's Prisoners (Phil Joanou), Curdled, Kinky Friedman, The Bill and The Verdict!.

Crime Time 5 Female Trouble! Interviews with Patricia Cornwell, Michael Dibdin, James Sallis and William Gibson. Feisty Femmes And Two-Fisted Totty gives the lowdown on women PIs, Ed Gorman talks about Gold Medal books of the Fifties, Hong Kong filmmakers Wong Kar-Wai & Christopher Doyle discuss Fallen Angels, and Michael Mann (Heat) is examined.

Crime Time 6 The Mean Streets issue contains interviews with writers James Ellroy, Gwendoline Butler, Sara Paretsky and Joseph Hansen, and film directors George Sluizer and Andrew Davis. Articles include Post-War Paperback Art, Batman, Crime Time: The Movie, and Steve Holland's excellent Pulp Fictions.

Crime Time 7 Val McDermid, Hong Kong Cinema, Phillip Margolin, Molly Brown, Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, Daniel Woodrell and a cast of 1000s in this special 96 page issue!

Crime Time 8 Fantastic! Homicide, Faye and Jonathan Kellerman, Mark Timlin, Anthony Frewin, Gerald Kersh, Gwendoline Butler, Chandler on Celluloid, James Sallis on Chester Himes, The Payback Press and the biggest review section yet!

Crime Time 9 We Got Carter, with Get Carter! director Mike Hodges writing about making the film and Paul Duncan profiling the man who wrote Jack's Return Home. This plus scads of good stuff and the inimitable review section...

Crime Time 10 Sin City, Ed Gorman interviewed, Lawrence Block in the Library, Stella Duffy, Lauren Henderson, Sean Hughes, Denise Danks, Jerome Charyn and a cast of squillions...

Crime Time 11 Shut It!!! The Sweeney cover feature with those cheeky chappies Regan and Carter, Colin Dexter, Sparkle Hayter, David Williams, Gary Phillips, Janwillem Van De Wetering and the Great Grandam of kid's crime Enid Blyton.

Crime Time 12 The Last Time! (In floppy format anyway!) Joe R Lansdale, Simon Brett, Jay Russell, Steve Lopez, James Patterson, Black Mask magazine and the late Derek Raymond on Ted Lewis.

Crime Time 2.1 We re-invent ourselves in shorter, thicker trade paperback format, with interviews with features and fiction including James Sallis, Mark Timlin, Gwendoline Butler, Colin Dexter, Alan Moore, Jerry Sykes, Edward Bunker and more! 288 pages of sheer crime pleasure

Crime Time 2.2 Ed McBain, Mark Timlin, Steve Aylett, Fred Willard, Gary Phillips, Jason Starr, Russell James, Neil Jordan, Stuart Dawson, Paul Duncan and a host of others make this the most enjoyable 288 pages since the last issue of Crime Time.

CrimeTime 2.3 Loads of stuff - just take our word for it. Oh, OK there's Reg Hill, John Milne, Sharky the Shark Dog (just checking to see if you're awake, Mark Timlin, Simon Clark - much too much to list here and this issue is was cheap as well...but too late you've missed your chance

CrimeTime 2.4 Loads more gear including James Crumley, Robert Goddard, Laurie R King, Paul Doherty, Jerry Sykes, Carol Anne Davis, Charles A Shafer, Fred Willard, Gerald Kersh, W R Burnett, New York scene, Jim Sallis, Michael Connelly, NYPD & Andy Sipowicz...Free Books..too much dude.

CrimeTime 2.5 Can Mel Gibson fill the shoes of Lee Marvin? Payback and Point Blank compared - Plus, the last word on noir from Woody Haut and Paul Duncan, Will Christopher Baer on The Use of Violence, and much much more.

CrimeTime 2.6 Bizarrely, no details on this!

CrimeTime 3.1 Articles by John B Spencer and Nicholas Blincoe and Denise Danks, an in-depth appreciation of Edward Bunker, interviews with Dan Fesperman and Anthony Frewin, and all the usual reviews and colummns

CrimeTime 3.2 Articles by Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Peter Lovesey, Gwendolen Butler, Mark Timlin, Frances Fyfield plus all the usual reviews and colummns

CrimeTime 21 Aha! A cunning series number change designed to confuse and delight.. but still lots of great content, including interviews with Jonathan Kellerman, Charles Schafer, Gwen Butler, John Connolly, columns from Natasha Cooper, Maxim Jakubowski, Adrian Muller, John Kennedy Melling and the ubiquitous Mark Timlin. And if that's not enough, new fiction by Philip Gooden, articles by Andrew Taylor, James Sallis, Steven Saylor and Margaret Murphy.

CrimeTime 22 Interviews with Jim Sallis, Sarah Paretsky, Anne Perry, Maxim Jakubowski and Stephen Amidon. James Lee Burke examines crime, redemption and videotape, while Gary Lovisi looks at hard-boiled dysfunctionality and Peter Robinson discusses the dangers of reading too much crime. All the regular features are in, including historical crime and collecting crime - and a whole lot more.

Crime Time 23 is dedicated to women - women in crime that is, with a definitive literary survey. On top of that there are interviews with Douglas Winter, Alan Furst, Walter Moseley and Minette Walters, along with articles on Boileau Narcejac and Colin Dexter, reviews of the latest crime fiction, news of forthcoming projects and much more.

Crime Time 24 The USA and the UK head to head in a crime contest - Crime Time looks at the long rivalry between two great crimewriting nations, and delivers its verdict...

Crime Time 25 tackles one of the prime crime motivators - sex - a subject that can get people hot under the collar...With articles on Bestiality, Pathogenesis and Women's Underwear by Andrew Taylor, Fatal Women by Lee Horsley, the Filth Peddler by Maxim Jakubowski and more, along with interviews with Jeffrey Deaver, James Sallis, Sally Emerson, Val McDermid and Tony Strong.

Crime Time 26 - The Sherlock Holmes issue - turning up a bushel of things you won't have encountered before, including a piece by David Stuart Davies, editor of the most indispensable of Sherlockian magazines, and Natasha Cooper explaining why she doesn't like Holmes. And of course, much more - interviews with George Pelecanos, Kathy Reichs and Tami Hoag, articles by Scott Phillips and Jack Boulter along with all the regular features.

Crime Time 27 - Key Crime Movies - the Crime Time team pan across the film world and zoom in on the crucial and most influential crime movies, with contributions for Michael Carlson, Woody Haut, Kim Newman, Carol Anne Davis and more. Coupled with interviews with Ben Elton, Ridley Pearson, an extract from Pashazade by John Courtney Grimwood and a round up of the latest breaking crime fiction, Crime Time 27 is an unmissable edition.

Crime Time 28 - in its new format, kicks off with a special double header on Ed McBain and Ian Rankin, undisputed crime writing giants. Also included are interviews with Sparkle Hayter, a year in the life of Russell James during his time as Chairman of the CWA, and of course all the usual suspects with the tv, film and video crime round up and a stack of current crime fiction reviews.

Crime Time 29 - looks at two crime writing giants: Elmore Leonard and Val McDermid - with interviews and in-depth articles, CT comes up with the definitive view. On top of that there are features from Martina Cole, from Steven Saylor on death in the ancient world, and Woody Haut looks at the hardboiled writer in Hollywood. Add in regular articles on what's hot in crime fiction and a host of other columns and you have an unmissable collection of crime writing and writing on crime.

Crime Time 30 - Michael Connelly and Harlan Coben come under the spotlight, reviews of Peter Haining's new work, 'The Classic Era of Crime Fiction', a raft of reviews on the latest crime on dvd plus all the regulars, with reviews, news and lots of comment...

Crime Time 31 - Ruth Rendell, Janet Evanovich, Natasha Cooper - the definitive view on three crime writing giants. Mix that in with Woody Haut's analysis of Daniel Fuchs' move from proletariat fiction to film noir, articles on Quintin Jardine, Alan Furst, Gay Longworth and of course a host of regular features and there you have it - the cream of the current crime crop.

Crime Time 32 - the Violence Issue - a definitive look at the subject in print and on film. Including: Neil Fulwood - One Hundred Violent Films that Changed Cinema; Nick Rennison - Violence, Realism and Stylisation in the Crime Novel; Paul Simpson - Sex and Sadism: Refiling 007; Mike Paterson - Crime is Violence; Xavier Mendik - The 1970s Films of Michael Winner; Gilda O'Neil - Bloodshed in the East End. And lots more, including regular features and columns from all the usual suspects.

Crime Time 33 Sue Grafton: interviews and articles - the definitive view; Georges Simenon's Red Lights: an exclusive extract; George Pelecanos: interviewed; Scott Turow: interviewed; Jason Starr on Hard Feelings - and lots more.

Crime Time 34 - The Best of British: PD James - Lee Child - Martina Cole - Frederick Forsyth - Dick Francis - Nicci French - Peter Robinson - Robert Wilson - Phil Rickman - Stephen Leather - and a whole host more

Crime Time 35 - Georges Simenon Special Alison Joseph, Maxim Jakubowski, Susan Rowland, David Carter, Michael Carlson and others on this crime-writing giant - plus articles on the NFT Crime Scene season, Lawrence Block, Carla Black Julie Parsons and much more

Crime Time 36 - Writing That First Crime Novel In the wake of Orion's bold new publishing initiative, actually promoting a crop of first-time crime writers, Barry Forshaw gets up close and personal to investigate what you need to do to get into print. Also in this issue, Manda Scott, John Stock, Morag Joss, Steve Holland on Hank Janson, Paul Johnston on Michael Dibdin and a host of regular columns.

Crime Time 37 - Crime In Translation A definitive view of crime from foreign climes looking at the work of Henning Mankel, Carlo Lucarelli, Kjell Westo, Fred Vargas, Tim Krabbe, Joseph Roth, Andrei Kurkov, Deon Meyer and Indridason Arnaldur - plus all the regular features by Natasha Cooper, Mike Ashley, Maxim Jakubowski, Russell James and many more.

Crime Time 38 - Giants of the modern espionage novel investigated
Len Deighton and John le Carré under the CT spotlight in this issue, articles by Danutah Reah, Christopher Brookmyre, Helen Morrison, Jason Starr and more, interviews with Lawrence Block, Alice Blanchard and Stephen White and of course a host of regular columns and features.

Crime Time 39 - Historical Crime Fiction Issue
Bernard Knight, Michael Jecks, Alys Clare, John Boyne, Candace Robb, Edward Marston, Gillian Linscott, Peter Lovesey and a whole host of others gathered together for this historical crime fiction fest and of course all the regular columns and features.

Crime Time 40 - Dorothy L Sayers and Margery Allingham
A modern view of two giants of the golden age - and they don't have it all their own way either, so be warned! With interviews with the venerable Maxim Jakubowski, Jodi Compton and David Corbett, critiques of Harlan Coben and San Fransisco's 2004 Noir Film Festival, along with a host of other reviews, news and other views, this is an unmissable Crime Time...

Crime Time 41 - Dashiell Hammett and Charles Willeford
A celebration of Hammett, father of the modern detective story, coupled with a salute to one of the great neglected noir writers, Willeford - along with a complete short story. This, along with interviews with G.M. Ford and Sue Rann, Katherine Whitehorn on Natasha Cooper's new novel and all the regular columns and features...

Crime Time 42 - Roman Crime - the two giants - Lindsey Davis and Steven Saylor
Britain's Lindsey Davis and America's Steven Saylor are subjected to senatorial scrutiny in this issue, plus Paul Duncan on Martin Scorsese, Sparkle Hayter on the Cesare Battisti Case, Mike Ripley on Philip Oakes along with all the usual (and unusual) suspects...

Crime Time 43 - Russian Crime - Akunin, Kurkov and Co. - plus Joe R. Lansdale - the definitive view
Russian noir, Boris Akunin and Andrey Kurkov all under the spotlight in this issue, plus an interview with Joe R Lansdale, Carol Smith on novel structure, interviews with Lisa Scottoline and Laurie R King and of course a host of regular features...

Crime Time 44 - PD James, Britain's Queen of Crime - David Fincher in the dock
PD James talks to Mark Campbell, Steve Holland looks at director David Fincher's patchy record, Michael Connelly, Anthony Horowitz, Russell James on 'How to write a damn good novel' and much more..

Crime Time 45 - Eric Ambler - No Exit Press
In this special freebie bumper edition, Crime Time devotes itself to the work of the now much neglected late, great Eric Ambler, and, in honour of No Exit Press's 18th Birthday, we celebrate the genre's edgiest imprint. not only that, but, to tie in with the NEP celebrations, we've included samplers from some of the most cherishable items in the company's catalogue.

Crime Time 46 - Batman - No Exit Press
In this issue - several takes on The Dark Knight Detective including contributions from writers new to Crime Time: Max Allan Collins and Frank Motler, plus a new side to best-selling Ian Rankin, and regular favourites with news, reviews and lots of good stuff...

Crime Time 47 - American Giants
Patricia Cornwell in conversation with Barry Forshaw, critiques of Robert B Parker from Micahel Carlson and Charles Waring, along with regular favourites, news, reviews and lots of good stuff...

Crime Time 48 - The Reviews Issue
Robert Ludlum - Bourne again? Nick Stone on Mr Clarinet - What's so good about The Maltese Falcon? Plus Woody Haut on classic noir, Natasha Cooper on short stories and all the usual regulars...

Crime Time 49
A full complement of crime authors, old and new, this time round, including Robert Crais, Jo Nesbø, Andrew Taylor, Simon Beckett, John Connor and of course all the usual regulars...

Crime Time 50 - the Special 50th Issue
Double size issue, stuffed with goodies - 40 top crime novelists and editors point you to the best crime novels ever written, Woody Haut trawls the femmes fatales of crime fiction, James Sallis on his personal reading list, interviews with Duncan Falconer, Matthew Pearl and Raymond Khoury, fiction from James Grady, author of the much-imitated yet inimitable Six Days of the Condor, plus a raft of reviews and articles from all the regulars.

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