The Intel: James Cary

21 July 2014

James Cary’s day job is comedy writer for TV and radio. He’s the co-creator of BBC3 sitcom Bluestone 42, about a bomb disposal unit in…

The Intel: Tony Black

17 July 2014

You no doubt read Crime Thriller Fella’s review of Tony Black’s Artefacts Of The Dead earlier in the week, of course you did. If you didn’t,…

Artefacts Of The Dead - Tony Black

15 July 2014

One of the great joys of writing is getting to play God with the lives of your characters. Some authors can’t bear to let their protagonists…

Binary Witness - Rosie Claverton

10 July 2014

If you’re introducing to the world a singular new heroine, both eccentric and damaged, you may want to consider mixing in a cake bowl the DNA of…

The Intel: Andreas Norman

08 July 2014

Andreas Norman’s debut novel Into A Raging Blaze has earned him extraordinary reviews in his native Sweden - and the movie version is on its way.…

The Intel: M. Sean Coleman

03 July 2014

We all love a bit of fictional cyber crime. All that frantic keyboard tippy-tapping just flies off the page. People bark clever acronyms and codes…

TV Crime Log: Honourable, Darkness

02 July 2014

Hey, look, it’s taken a while, but there’s something new on the television this week, and it’s got absolutely nothing to do with big balls or…

The Intel: M.P. Wright

27 June 2014

M.P. Wright’s crime novel Heartman is published in a few short days - we reviewed it earlier in the week, of course. You can see that by…

Heartman - M.P. Wright

25 June 2014

For a crime novel set in the chill of winter, MP Wright’s debut novel Heartman sure throws off a lot of heat. Wait. Peruse the blurb and then…

Movie Crime Log: Cold In July

23 June 2014

If ice cold noir keeps you cool, then there’s only one film you’ll want to see on the big screen this week. In the 80s-infused Cold In July,…

Land Of Shadows - Rachel Howzell Hall

18 June 2014

Sometimes authors mistake a character’s personality with what kind of gun they carry, or the kind of music they listen to, or how they wear their…

The Intel: Paul Gadsby

13 June 2014

We love writers with synchronicity. Paul Gadsby’s novel about the true-life disappearance of the World Cup trophy is released with the 2014…