As previously mentioned, whilst on a nice long train journey to Edinburgh, I read Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. This was the first of her books I’d read and she’s part of a session titled America’s Got Talent, where John Connolly will introduce four of America’s ‘hottest’ new writers. Well I certainly didn’t need to…
Category: Theakstons Festival
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The programme for the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate has been released. Whilst it doesn’t seem to have the ‘big hitters’ of last year’s festival such as Lisa Gardner and Tess Gerritsen, the actual programme looks very exciting and features more ‘home grown’ talent. The festival opens with the award for the…
Devil’s Peak by Deon Myer – a review
Last weekend I finished reading Deon Myer, Devil’s Peak. Set in South Africa it’s the story of three main characters, an alcoholic detective, a revenge seeking assassin and an ex prostitute. (Not exactly the basis for a PG rated comedy) The assassin is seeking revenge against child abusers by slicing them to pieces with what…
Playing for Pizza
As previously mentioned I’m a bit of a twitter stalker. I have recently hunted down a number of the authors who are visiting Harrogate on the site, mainly to look at if they have any books coming out but also to sneak at peak at what they might be having for tea (a favourite topic…
A crime readers blog 