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The first Newark PanelAbir Mukherjee’s Hunted will open this years’ Newark Festival, alongside Mark Billingham’s second book in his...
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Reading the traditional way.This review has highlighted several extra pitfalls for me with reading the traditional way. When I originally intended to start...
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Inspired by National Crime Reading MonthThis Tuesday night as part of National Crime Reading Month, I watched a panel involving Fiona Veitch Smith, Abir Mukherjee and...
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Smart MurderVictoria Dowd’s third Smart book plays upon a number of the crime writing industry’s most popular cliches. One of...
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A break from festival PrepThe last three months have been decidedly busy with lots of festival prep, most of which I can’t talk about yet, apart...
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Dowd’s Island BookVictoria Dowd’s second book in the Smart Woman’s Mystery series was initially surprising with regards to the...
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The second of seven for NewarkAfter reading Victoria Dowd’s first Smart Women’s Mystery series, in its isolated country house, island isolation is...
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My second review of the DayAfter the complications of reviewing to a deadline for Theakstons, by this point my year would have been over for that kind of...
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Rebus returns to TVThanks to my email, a few days ago I became aware that Rebus was to return; because although I’d seen the posters for a...
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Will Craven do a BillinghamMike Craven seemed like the perfect author to close my reading of this years Theakston’s list given that he won in 2023...
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Mick Herron’s latest nominationMick Herron is by far one of my favourite writers, so I was not surprised to see him on this years longlist yet again, which was...
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The year of the police proceduralThis years’ Theakstons long list is full of police procedurals, including the start of three new series and also two...
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Disaster AvoidedJericho’s Dead is the book that I could have been reviewing if I’d not double checked the list. With titles so...
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Cliff by natureWhen listening to a book by Chris Brookmyre these days I struggle to know what style I’m going to get, whether it’s...
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6000 people can’t be wrongWhen I saw this years longlist I wasn’t surprised that Lisa had been nominated for it by the judging panel, given how long...
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2/3 of the way there, 2024With just over 2 weeks to go before the top 6 are announced, I’ve still got 6 books to go. I’m not that sure...
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The Other VoteWhilst the rest of the country sets about deciding a number of local issues, here’s my latest review of one of the crime...
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Theakston’s allows me to keep upAnn Cleeves prolific writing and lengthy series often meant that I have been unable to keep up with her, but for three books on...
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Billingham’s new SeriesNow that the Theakston’s list is out, this used to be the point at which my year had started, but it’s now just the...
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Well Written DistractionsDuring this years’ festival season, as I prepare for my first in person appearance at a festival, there are a number of...
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Congratulations ClareCongratulations to Clare who announced last week that she had decided to go back to the police force, but was still going to...
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An Unexpected JourneyAlthough this title is often linked to fantasy, it is definitely the case in crime this time, with Lucy Clarke’s The Hike....
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My dual obsessionsAs a writer will tell you, all authors need other hobbies to keep them level. Mine is a possibly unhealthy obsession with all...
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More than just a missing child.Mara’s No One Saw a Thing is a great play on the missing child plot. When Andrea’s journalist protagonist loses her...
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Spring Bloody Scotland 3Although this may be my first year as a published writer, this is the 4th or 5th occasion that I’ve done an event for...
