For every crime there has to be a detective, and this book is about the crime solvers…” Paul Burke, Editor at Aspects of Crime. It's a pure pleasure to announce...
MURDER AT THE ABBEY AN EVENING OF CRIME FICTION please join us for a night of book chat with some of the finest British crime writers. All talking about their...
As ever we have an eclectic selection for you this month: True Crime: A Memoir by Patricia Cornwell Surely a top title of the year. A memoir from one of...
Dublin in the summer of 1970 is the backdrop for my new mystery novel, Among the Ruins. It’s a sequel to my debut, Where They Lie, which was set just...
My debut series was the six-book Inspector George Zammit crime-action-adventure series set in Malta and the Southern Mediterranean. The first book in the series Bodies in the Water, was published...
How I invented a protagonist with a secret first name and why it’s finally time to reveal it You’re ready to write your hopefully bestselling crime series, and have a...
Sabine Durrant’s new novel Dead Heat is her seventh and it's a brilliant slow burn thriller. Set in the claustrophobic heat of the Mani Peninsula in Greece during a sizzling...
The Emperor of Seville by Matthew Carr – Review The 2nd Bernardo de Mendoza mystery, after The Devils of Cardona. A gripping murder mystery that paints a picture of sixteenth...
5 – Ian Fleming , by Andrew Lycett, 1995. Lycett is an accomplished and celebrated literary biographer; his books on Kipling, Dylan Thomas and Wilkie Collins are close to definitive....
There’s long been a debate around whether our main characters must be likeable to ensure readers can relate (and no doubt to encourage more positive reviews). However, when I think...