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Short Personal Tribute to Margaret Yorke

Margaret Yorke died in November 2012 aged 88. I met her at several crime writer events some twenty years ago and we kept in touch for the occasional project. She was a keen advocate

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Is Spy Fiction back?

Agents of Treachery: Spy Stories edited by Otto Penzler, Corvus 2010 Since the mid 1990s espionage or spy fiction has been a thin market. The sinews of the Cold War and the games of misinformation

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Lee Child Wins the Diamond Dagger

For the legions of fans that look forward to the annual ‘Jack Reacher fix’ it will come as no surprise that Lee Child is to honoured with the Crime Writers Association life time achievement

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For his 65th birthday Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell releases new video

Since the Swede Henning Mankell won the CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked some 12 years ago he has become a celebrated crime and thriller with a British adaptation of the successful Wallander books and

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Dick Francis featured on ‘Great Lives’ radio broadcast

For Dick Francis fans a nice early Christmas treat with the late author featured on the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Great Lives’. Broadcast on 4 December the half hour programme hosted by The Times

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Retreat to Goodisville – Philly tribute bus trip

For those that are fans of the late David Goodis, some fans have organised a special event taking place in January, 2013 at Philly. It all began as a grave side tribute but interest has

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Rankin on Rebus – extended interview

Ian Rankin’s novels featuring the wry, damaged detective John Rebus have been with us since Knots and Crosses appeared in 1987. A new extended interview by Mark Lawson asks who is Rebus after 25

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Edna O’Brien – perceptive Irish Writer and influence on Modern Crime

I once met Edna O’Brien. It was a fine day at a signing in the Kensington High Street, not far from her London home. I remember her hair pushed up, the shining eyes and

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Dudes, Dope and Delinquency – the thriller world of Robert Stone

The USA underwent a revolution in the 60s – a revolution that found its way into the Beat literature of Kesey and Kerouac; the psychedelic acid trips of Tom Wolfe, and others. But as

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Women and Crime Fiction: Denise Mina and Selina Walker discuss

BBC Radio 4 “Women’s Hour” recently carried an item about crime fiction and its growing popularity with women readers. The guests invited to discuss this with presenter Jenni Murray were Scottish crime writer Denise