by Peter Handel | May 2, 2025 | Books, Reviews
Fair Play, a debut novel by Louise Hegarty is a flat-out delight. Steeped in a classic sensibility – Agatha Christie, anyone? — Hegarty has both a playful sensibility and a serious tone throughout the story. Abigail, our protagonist, has rented a country mansion...
by Erin Mitchell | May 1, 2025 | Awards, Events, Features
CrimeFest, one of Europe’s leading crime writing conventions, has announced the shortlists for its final annual awards. The awards began 17 years ago when CrimeFest launched in 2008; they honour the best crime fiction and non-fiction books released in the UK in the...
by Jayne Chard | May 1, 2025 | Features, Five Things
Jayne Chard, the multi-award-winning film and TV drama producer, reveals what you need to know about writing a crime book… 1. Where do ideas come from? As the renowned screenwriter William Goldman once said, “Writing is easy. You sit in front of your typewriter and...
by Paulette Kennedy | May 1, 2025 | Features, Five Things
Writers have been bending the laws of physics and time ever since they put pen (or quill) to paper. The place where science meets the speculative has always had a home in gothic fiction. Think of that giant helmet inexplicably crashing down on Conrad in Horace...
by Erin Mitchell | Apr 30, 2025 | Features, Home Entertainment, TV
Good news! The new seasons of both UNFORGOTTEN (one of our favorite-ever shows) and THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB (if you haven’t seen it yet, you should!) will start on August 24 The Marlow Murder Club, Season 2, debuts Sunday, August 24 at 9/8c Life in the idyllic...
by Elise Cooper | Apr 30, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Hard Town Kurt Argento Book 2 Adam Plantinga Grand Central Publishing April 2025 Hard Town by Adam Plantinga blends action, humor, and moral dilemmas for the main character, Kurt Argento. Jack Reacher and Harry Bosch will move over for Kurt Argento, someone with a...
by Erin Mitchell | Apr 28, 2025 | Books
Lady luck weaves her fickle fortunes for all who bear The Ring Ten historical fiction authors have banded together to write an anthology of short stories with all proceeds going to The Reading Agency charity. Entitled ‘The Ring’, the book recounts the stories of those...
by Elise Cooper | Apr 25, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Dark Rising The Shepherds Series Book 4 Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson Blackstone Pub April 8th, 2025 Dark Rising is the fourth book by Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson in the Shepherds Series. Brian, a former submarine officer and Jeff, a former combat surgeon, use their...
by Erin Mitchell | Apr 24, 2025 | Awards, Features
Harrogate International Festivals announced today the 18 titles longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2025, the UK’s most prestigious crime fiction award, now in its twenty-first year. The longlist, selected by an academy of...
by Erin Mitchell | Apr 23, 2025 | Features
The Reading Agency’s ‘State of the Nation in Adult Reading 2025’ report reveals a growing reading crisis, especially among younger adults, who report distraction as one of the most common barriers to reading for pleasure in the UK. According to select findings...
