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…
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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…
Strangers on a train
Yesterday East Coast Trains (well the people that run the company rather than the trains themselves) launched the first ever Twitter crime story. The author Martin Waites ‘tweeted’ the first line. Followers can then ‘tweet’ what they think would be a good next line. East Coast will then publish this -sorry ‘tweet’ it and so…
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…
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