Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category
English noir at the seaside? Review: MJ Arlidge’s thriller ‘Eeeny Meeny’
24 Oct 2018English noir or seaside noir? We’ve had classic Hollywood noir, Scandi noir and the fast-rising Tartan noir, north of the…
Is cozy mystery crime the new hummus?
17 Oct 2018Now is possibly the best time ever to be a cozy mystery crime reader Sales of crime novels in the…
Crime writer turned detective – murder mystery review
04 Oct 2018Murder Mystery Review: Golden Age Detective Drama Can crime writers turn detective? More specifically, could this crime writer face his…
Don’t trust Jed Mercurio – he’s a crime writer
12 Sep 2018Have you been watching Jed Mercurio’s latest series, Bodyguard? Do you trust him? A review in a paper this week…
How seductive is the call of Sirens – review of Joseph Knox’s debut noir
16 May 2018Sirens – this week’s review in the Library Corner I was standing in Waterstones, asking for dark crime stories, when…
Chill out with Chili – Review: Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
09 May 2018Get Shorty review for the Library Corner. We all love a good little-fish-in-a-big-pond story, when the little guy from out…
The murder to end all literary murders? Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz reviewed
13 Apr 2018Review: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz The English love the countryside and never more than when there’s a corpse spreadeagled…
Bookstore rage: How I nearly strangled an indie bookshop manager
29 Nov 2017Yesterday I came close to inflicting serious damage on an indie bookshop manager. I’d very much like to know from…
