Every year there are piles of books released with a fanfare of manufactured publicity by publishers, and certain reviewers, while other equally good books quietly find...
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The holiday season is nearly on us and I have recently read four books that would make for ideal reading over the festive season, or as great gifts for the crime and...
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Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine #101 George Easter has just sent out the latest issue of his Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine (No. 101) and it is another great issue...
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Over the past few weeks I have been trying to catch up on some highly recommended books that I missed from earlier in the year, as well as picking over the best of the...
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This week in the Canberra Weekly, I reviewed three crime novels that played around with the conventions of the genre to different degrees. Past Lying by Val McDermid...
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Fans of Scottish crime fiction can rejoice with a new Karen Pirie novel by Val McDermid and an unexpected short story from Ian Rankin. Past Lying by Val McDermid...
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