Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category
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Today’s real pirates of the Caribbean
26 Jun 2019REAL PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Crime is exotic, exciting, fun – unless you’re on the wrong end of it. And…
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Paris by noir – Review: Clementina by Simon Cann
13 Jun 2019Paris by noir – review: Clementina by Simon Cann Last week I wrote about honesty in writing – how it…
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How truth-telling in Chicago led to a unique new law
17 Apr 2019Truth-telling in Chicago On February 9th 1982, a man grabbed a Chicago policeman’s gun in the street and shot him…
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How to stop innocent people getting shot
02 Mar 2019How to stop innocent people getting shot In his fascinating book on our unconscious instincts, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell starts one chapter…
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Death by Monet: Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
14 Feb 2019Black Water Lilies review The struggles of three women – a child, a school-teacher and an elderly woman about to…
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What can we learn from the murder capital of Europe?
02 Feb 2019What can we learn from the murder capital of Europe? Just this week I heard from my neighbourhood network about…
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Liam Glass gets a BookBub recommendation
14 Nov 2018This week I have exciting news: my novel has landed a prestigious BOOKBUB RECOMMENDATION. They’re putting my debut noir thriller The…
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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…
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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…
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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…
