This year at the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writers Festival Eddie Izzard was special guest. Whilst his link to crime writing might have been tenuous (he is friends with Mark Billingham and appears in the TV version of Hannibal) he turned out to be really interesting and quite inspiring. One of the things that he…
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If she did it by Jessica Treadway – a review
As I have mentioned many times before, one of the best things about the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is the abundance of new books and writers that are around. The goodie bag this year was a thing of beauty, sturdy, black and full of books. Of course it does always lead to a…
The facts of life and death (in Harrogate)
What do the following statements have in common: Patricia Highsmith used to breed snails and was so attached to them that when she moved to France she smuggled them in her bra. The north is better than the south at playing football I am really rubbish at quizzes. The name Jack Reacher came about because…
The End of the Wasp Season
Well the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is only two weeks away. Therefore the 2015 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Challenge (try saying that quickly after a couple of glasses of wine) is very nearly at an end. By my reckoning there are 56 authors appearing during the main three days of the…
A crime readers blog 