SPECSAVERS CRIME THRILLER AWARDS 2014 WINNERS
Announced tonight, the winners: ● The Best Actress Dagger Keeley Hawes, Line of Duty ● The Best Actor Dagger Matthew McConaughey, True Detective ● The Specsavers ITV3 Crime Thriller Book … Continue reading →
Samantha Norman talks about co-writing Winter Siege with her late mother Ariana Franklin
“I would never have got round to writing a novel if my mother hadn’t died. I wanted to, but only in the way a lot of people want to write … Continue reading →
Anthony Horowitz to Pen New James Bond Novel Inspired by Original Unseen Fleming Material
Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., The Ian Fleming Estate, the Orion Publishing Group, and HarperCollins US and Canada are delighted to announce that international bestselling and award-winning writer Anthony Horowitz is … Continue reading →
Hercule Poirot Novels by Agatha Christie from The Folio Society
The Folio Society has put together a beautiful set of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novels. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson and with introductions from Anthony Horowitz the titles in the set … Continue reading →
CWA Dagger in the Library 2014 Longlist
The longlist for the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger in the Library has been announced on Random House’s Dead Good Books site. Click on the pic for further information. Longlist: MC … Continue reading →
ITV3 Crime Thriller Season: The Crime Thriller Club
From the press release: This September is ITV3 Crime Thriller Season, featuring a TV series dedicated to crime writing. The Crime Thriller Club, sponsored by Specsavers will, each episode, feature … Continue reading →
Shortlists for the CWA Gold, John Creasey (New Blood) and Ian Fleming Steel Daggers 2014
Announced today, the shortlists are: The CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year: o The First Rule of Survival by Paul Mendelson (Constable) o How the … Continue reading →
Carol O’Connell’s Mallory Series Reissued by Headline in the UK
Here’s the schedule and here are some comments from others. Click on the schedule pic for a link to Amazon. And the It’s a crime! verdict? Both ScotKris and I … Continue reading →
Behind Criminal Minds Event at Waterstones Piccadilly, London and Competition #fridayreads #blackbird
Event: Behind Criminal Minds at Waterstones, Piccadilly, London on Wednesday, 16 July at 7pm. Details below for bookings. Competition: Courtesy of those lovely people at Canongate, I have three pairs … Continue reading →
Institut Français du Royaume-Uni: Noir Is the Colour 2014
The Institut Français du Royaume-Uni in London has announced that the King of Crime John Harvey & Prix Goncourt Winner Pierre Lemaitre will launch Noir Is the Colour, a new … Continue reading →