TV Crime Log: Dreadful, Quirke

01 January 2001

Ten years ago, fans of Alan Moore’s comic book The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which featured a host of iconic 19th Century genre…

Events News: Crimefest Award Results

01 January 2001

CrimeFest 2014 was delighted to announce the winners of its three award categories at the convention’s annual gala dinner this evening. The…

The Intel: Richard Butchins

01 January 2001

If you like your crime fiction graphic, disquieting and biliously humorous, then Pavement by Richard Butchins may, er, be right up your street.…

Radio Crime Log: Missing, Simenon

01 January 2001

Not much on the box this week. However, those of you who own a radio - and I sincerely hope that means all of you - should be alerted to a couple…

A House Of Knives - William Shaw

01 January 2001

Imagine an episode of Heartbeat as directed by Stanley Kubrick, and you get something of the flavour of A House Of Knives, by William Shaw. It’s…

The Intel: Edward Wilson

01 January 2001

Edward Wilson has been picking up some pretty fine reviews for his Catesby sequence of spy novels, and has even been described as the ‘thinking…

Hangover Square - Patrick Hamilton

01 January 2001

We all have those novels that we are drawn back to again and again because we love them so much, and because they inevitably remind us what great…

Chasing The Game - Paul Gadsby

01 January 2001

I hope your Panini sticker collection is complete and that the fridge is stocked with beer, because it all kicks off tomorrow. The World Cup begins…

Crime Thriller Book Log: Galbraith, Kerley, Sakey & Booth

01 January 2001

Welcome to this flight of the Crime Thriller Book Log. Please stow your luggage underneath the seat in front of you or in an overhead bin, take…

The Intel: Rachel Howzell Hall

01 January 2001

My memory’s not the best, but I’m pretty certain we reviewed Rachel Howzell Hall’s LA thriller Land Of Shadows earlier in the week—and,…

Crime Thriller Fella In 'Very Inspiring' Bombshell!

01 January 2001

Us crime fiction bloggers can all learn a bunch of stuff from the estimable Raven. Just like the malevolent bird she’s named after, her reviews…

TV & Radio Crime Log: Banshee, Blood, Farran

01 January 2001

Come with me into the lower depths of your EPG. Follow me. We’re looking for crimey morsels. Keep pressing that down button and you’ll find……