Twist - Tom Grass
Twist by Tom Grass is a contemporary reimagining of Oliver Twist, by one Charles Dickens, in which a homeless young tagger and street artist falls…
The Intel: Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe is, of course, best known as a politician—she was a Conservative Minister of State at the Home Office in 1995, where she was…
TV Crime Log: Gotham, Dead
Of all the caped and cowled guys, Batman’s got the most richly varied supporting cast. Which is just as well, because Gotham is a Batman show…
Skink: No Surrender - Carl Hiaasen
Here’s a curious thing, a Young Adult novel written by Carl Hiaasen. Skink: No Surrender takes Hiaasen’s most iconic character, his one-eyed…
The Intel: Catriona McPherson
Catriona McPherson’s first novel about debutante sleuth Dandelion Dahlia Leston nee Gilver, After The Armistice Ball, was shortlisted for the…
TV Crime Log: Grantchester, Lewis, Code, Homeland
Right, grab yourself a sandwich and some juice and we’ll get this done and dusted in no time. Grantchester is a new cosy brought to you by the…
Magic - William Goldman
When the sad news of Richard Attenborough’s death was announced, I’d just started reading William Goldman’s Magic. Adapted for the screen in…
The Intel: Paddy Magrane
You may remember we reviewed Paddy Magrane’s first Sam Keddie thriller Disorder a while back. My goodness, it was a month ago - how time flies!…
TV & Movie Crime Log: Peaky, Blacklist, Gone
British serialised crime dramas are always welcome at my gaff, as long as they leave all knives and guns at the door and take off their size…
One Kick - Chelsea Cain
Chelsea Cain has created another singular character for her latest bestseller. One Kick introduces Kick Lannigan, a damaged abuse victim who tasks…
The Intel: DA Mishani
DA Mishani was destined to be a crime novelist. A literary scholar specializing in the history of detective literature, he worked as an editor of…
Pines - Blake Crouch
With M Night Shymalayan’s television adaptation of Blake Crouch’s Pines trilogy of books just around the corner, I thought I’d take a gander…