Best Crime Books

Macavity Nominations 2010

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:09:12 +0000

Best Novel Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster) Tower by Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman (Busted Flush Press) Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie (Wm. Morrow) Nemesis by Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett (HarperCollins) The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (Minotaur) The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan (Minotaur) Best First [...]

50 Crime Writers To Read Before You Die

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:39:13 +0000

AKA 50 Mystery Writers to Read Before You Die In February 2008, London’s Daily Telegraph newspaper published their list of “50 Crime Writers To Read Before You Die”. There were actually 51 in the list as they concluded the list with an interview with Robert B Parker (1932-2010), who they describe as “an unrivalled pulp [...]

Edgar Awards Nominees 2010

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:11:55 +0000

Best Novel Nominees • The Missing by Tim Gautreaux (Random House – Alfred A. Knopf) • The Odds by Kathleen George (Minotaur Books) • The Last Child by John Hart (Minotaur Books) • Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston (Random House – Ballantine Books) • Nemesis by Jo Nesbo, translated [...]

Val McDermid wins the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:38:24 +0000

Bestselling author Val McDermid has been named as the recipient of this year’s prestigious CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, which honours outstanding achievement in the field of crime writing. The announcement has been made by the Crime Writers’ Association in recognition of Val’s work over more than 20 years. Margaret Murphy, chair of the CWA, [...]

2009 CWA Dagger Award Winners Announced

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:41 +0000

The Crime Writers’ Association is pleased to announce that: William Brodrick wins the CWA Gold Dagger for A Whispered Name John Hart wins the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for The Last Child Johan Theorin wins the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for Echoes from The Dead Philip Kerr wins the Ellis Peters Historical [...]

THE CRIME WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION DAGGER AWARDS 2009

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:35:04 +0000

The Crime Writers’ Association is delighted to announce the shortlists for a number of this year’s Daggers – the prestigious awards that celebrate the very best in crime and thriller writing in 2009. The CWA Dagger Awards are the longest established literary awards in the UK and are internationally recognised as a mark of excellence [...]

Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante (ITV 1 Drama)

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:13:46 +0000

Yet another TV serial killer saga from La Plante, who must have slaughtered more prostitutes in her career than you or I have had warm goats cheese tarts. ‘Above Suspicion’ features the doziest female copper ever seen on the small screen, in the tightest skirt and tightest blouse ever seen in Scotland Yard, all corseted [...]

Best Crime of 2008 by Elvis McBeth

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:40:56 +0000

Cold In Hand by John Harvey Here we go again, another year older and deeper in debt, literally, if you believe everything you read in the papers. But there are still a lot of great crime novels out there to keep your mind off the credit crunch this winter, so stick around and check out [...]

Book Review: The Prince of Darkness by Graham Hurley

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:42:52 +0000

The latest D.I. Faraday novel, The Price Of Darkness by Graham Hurley starts off with what looks like a professional hit on a property developer. The dead man was involved in an M.O.D. site in Portsmouth with potentially rich pickings. Then a government minister is assassinated. What’s the connection? Also, there’s a problem with ex-copper and [...]

The Best Crime Books and The Worst Crime and Mystery Thrillers (Part 1)

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:13:38 +0000

Several elements come together to make a good novel: writing style, plot and overall atmosphere. Very occasionally a novel’s unique atmosphere can elevate an OK book into a classic. Take Gerald Kerch’s ‘Night and the City’, possibly the most atmospheric novel about London since Dickens trod the city’s shabby streets and undoubtedly a great book, [...]