TV Crime Log: Blacklist, Homeland
It’s getting wet and dismal outside – it is in this neck of the woods, anyway – and you may consider that staying in to goggle at the…
TV Crime Log: Sleepy Hollow
So here’s a curious bit of genre-bending television. Sleepy Hollow is a modern-day retelling of The Legend of Bagger… no wait, The Legend of…
TV Crime Log: Walking, Talking, Tunnel, Revolution & Arrow
Talking To The Dead is a two-part adaptation of Harry Bingham’s crime novel, which is being shown under Sky’s Drama Matters banner. It stars…
Wicked Game - Adam Chase
Professional assassin. That sounds an interesting job. The hours are flexible. You get to meet no end of fascinating people. Carry a length of…
The Intel: Adam Chase/Eve Seymour
We love writers here, and we’re keen to learn from them. Earlier in the week we reviewed Wicked Game by one Adam Chase. Turns out Mr. Chase is…
NaNoWriMo. Gird Your Loins, People.
Right, so NanoWriMo – who’s up for it? I think I’m going to give it a bash this year. I did it last year, I actually finished it, but –…
Countdown City - Ben H. Winters
Two books into his pre-apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy and Ben Winters really hits his stride with Countdown City. The blurb is incoming: There…
Dead Man’s Time - Peter James
We mentioned earlier in the week, CSI Portsmouth, an event taking place tomorrow that looks at the way forensic science impacts on crime writing.…
The Intel: Peter James
As you know, we love writers here, so I can’t think of a better way to begin the week than with an interview with one of the biggest names in the…
Movie & Radio Crime Log: Hemingway, Counsellor & Air-Force
What are you doing this weekend—keeping warm, you say? Good, good. If Norse Gods and Sandra Bullock in the cold, vast bleakness of space…
Taking The Fall - A.P. McCoy
Taking The Fall is the novel equivalent of ITV3: You know that when you need something warm and comforting you can always tune in to find a…
Movie Crime Log: Parkland
It was inevitable that at least one of this week’s releases was going to be about the JFK assassination. Parkland takes a different approach to…