The Evil Inside - Philip Taffs
It seems to me that horror fiction works best when it comes from within us. Haunted houses and possessed dolls and evil videotapes are all very…
The Intel: Pierre Lemaitre
We like Pierre Lemaitre here, but you may have guessed that—we like his tightly-plotted, quick-witted novels featuring the diminutive detective…
TV & Movie Crime Log: Safe, Stonehearst & Ultron
Christopher Eccleston plays a man who runs down-at-heel lodgings in a new ITV series. I think you can guess, if its Mr. Eccleston, that it’s not…
The Intel: Elisabeth de Mariaffi
Cast your mind back to earlier in the week, my friends, and you will recall our review of Canadian author Elisabeth de Mariaffi’s novel The Devil…
The Devil You Know - Elisabeth De Mariaffi
The Devil You Know explores one woman’s paranoia and anxiety against the backdrop of a real-life murder case in Toronto. The blurb always closes…
TV & Movie Crime Log: Thrones, Child
I’m going to make a confession. I love me my genre stuff –- I mean, that’s obvious, right?—but I’ve never really managed to get into Game…
The Intel: SJI Holliday
We reviewed Susi Holliday’s Black Wood the other week. Cast your minds back to that, or if you’re the indolent type who can just about be…
The Intel: Gavin Collinson
Gavin Collinson’s new novel The Hitchcock Murders is a homage to the Great Man. Published by Cutting Edge Crime, it’s a big, fun story about a…
TV & Movie Crime Log: Code, Daredevil, Tatau, Wick & River
There’s a genuinely fascinating drama on ITV tonight, about the birth of DNA fingerprinting and how it was first used to catch a killer. The…
The Intel: Ian Caldwell
We don’t just throw stuff at this site and hope for the best, you know. A bit of thought goes into it, a bit of planning and foresight. Not…
The Fifth Gospel - Ian Caldwell
A number of years ago Ian Caldwell co-authored a book that became a runaway bestseller. It was called The Rule Of Four and it kind of knocked…
TV Crime Log: Gracepoint, Thunderbirds & Vera
Now this doesn’t happen very often, so make a note of this. We’ve got three shows for you, and they’re all on ITV. True, you’ve seen them…