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Book Review: The Red Power Murders Thomas King – More DreadfulWater
A good mystery story ... the places where it slips the boundaries of its genre that make it a great work of fiction.
Read More »Interview With Michael Connelly, Author of Crime Beat
How real-life crime stories feed a fiction writer's muse.
Read More »Book Review: DreadfulWater Shows Up by Thomas King
Do yourself a favour: pick up this book, sit back all comfortable like, and listen to a good story.
Read More »Book Review: Christopher Brookmyre’s A Tale Etched In Blood And Hard Black Pencil
It's a right gallus tale, and in places will fair deck ye. This is Brookmyre's most complete work of fiction to date.
Read More »Interview with George Pelecanos, author of The Night Gardener
"I am proudly a crime novelist. But it would be nice if my tombstone simply read, 'He wrote good books'."
Read More »Book Review: The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Pick up The Club Dumas and be reminded of the reasons for reading...
Read More »Book Review: The Sacred Art Of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre
To say this is not your typical mystery/crime novel is like saying Eric Clapton is not your typical guitarist.
Read More »Book Review: Blue Screen by Robert Parker
Parker now has protagonists moving from one series to another.
Read More »Book Review: Loaded Dice
I am so not getting Loaded with more from Swain.
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