Criminal Minds: Alfred Hitchcock
Born in Leytonstone, East London, in 1899, Alfred Hitchcock directed more than fifty movies across six decades, and is as legendary as anybody in…
The Feast Of Artemis - Anne Zouroudi
One of the joys of doing this blog is that you often find yourself reading books you wouldn’t normally pick up. Anne Zouroudi’s The Feast of…
The Intel: Anne Zouroudi
We like writers here, and we’re keen to learn from them. Crime Thriller Fella reviewed Anne Zouroudi‘s new Hermes Diaktoros mystery The Feast…
TV Crime Log: The Field Of Blood
It’s all happening for Denis Mina at the mo. Hot on the heels of her Crime Novel of the Year award for Gods And Beasts, comes the adaptation of…
The Intel: Matt Johnson
We like writers here. And we’re keen to learn from them. Matt Johnson is the author of Wicked Game, which has been an extraordinary success on…
Hold That Thought
With Crime Thriller Fella’s summer readership flatlining faster than Jessica Fletcher’s Christmas Card List, it’s time to take a short break…
From The Archives: Miami Blues - Charles Willeford
The other day we were contemplating all the other jobs that authors do in order that they can get on with the important business of writing.…
From The Archive: Alex - Pierre Lemaitre
If you’re looking for a novel that’ll knock you off balance with a series of twisty-turns, you could do worse than read Pierre Lemaitre’s…
TV Crime Log: Whitechapel, Guilty
The deliciously barmy Whitechapel returns to ITV tonight for a fourth series of moody lighting and gothic thrills. For a crime drama originally…
The Intel: Alex Blackmore
We love writers here, and we’re keen to learn from them. Last week we reviewed Alex Blackmore’s international thriller Lethal Profit. Now Alex…
Hunting Shadows - Sheila Bugler
Sheila Bugler’s debut novel Hunting Shadows introduces us to another complex and damaged Detective Inspector Ellen Kelly, patrolling the urban…
Criminal Minds: Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler was one of the most influential American crime-writers of all time. His battered, moral, cynical detective Philip Marlowe has…