The Intel: Anna Smith
With Easter done and dusted, you’ll be relieved to know that Crime Thriller Fella is back, so we can all get back to the really important…
The Killing Season - Mason Cross
I sit in a hotel room in a catatonic state – waiting for the phone to ring. Bring, bring. When I pick it up a voice asks: ‘Have you ever…
Event News: CrimeFest Nominations
You may have already have seen this on Uncle Tom Cobley’s Crime Blog - let’s face it, you’re usually way ahead of me on these things - but…
TV Crime Log: Prey, Hinterland, Happy, Orphan
I hope your concentration levels are in tip-top condition today, because this is going to be a long one. Those telly people are positively hurling…
TV Crime Log: Hannibal, 24
This week we welcome back to your screen two transatlantic crime thriller icons. It all looks rather tense. First up is Hannibal, who returns to…
Two Soldiers - Roslund & Hellström
It’s become a bit of a cliché to say that a lot of Scandi Crime is preoccupied with the effects of unlawful acts on the community, but Roslund…
TV Crime Log: Dreadful, Quirke
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
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
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
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
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
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…