Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Rules for novelists writing rules for novelists
21 Nov 2018Many writers have handed down their golden rules for novelists. There seems to come a moment in every writer’s life…
Taking risks in the farmers’ market
07 Nov 2018How often do you find yourself taking risks? Recently, my wife and I visited a farmers’ market along with our…
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…
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…
Peak experience? The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata
30 May 2018Library Corner review: The Sound of the Mountain – Yasunari Kawabata Let me declare an interest, well at least two.…
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…
Do criminals have free will – or is it all down to good and bad luck?
02 May 2018Do criminals have free will? If you ever thought philosophy was for people with glasses and sticking-out ears who need…
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…
