At the start of my month of publisher exclusive books, I have just finished the third James Henry book in preparation for my interview with him on UK Crime Book Club, tomorrow. In recent weeks, I've just finished the second one, Yellow Hammer, through Audible. This has shown me the advantage of being able to … Continue reading The third Bird
In the Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole by Mark Billingham is his latest standalone. After many Thorne books, this one was very different to anything that I'd heard from Mark; mainly due to him not narrating it himself this time. Instead it was narrated by the great actress, Maxine Peake. This novel was highly accurate and must have been very … Continue reading In the Rabbit Hole
A Sunday Panel
After a week of no articles, in preparation for the latest Theakstons festival, this morning, after finishing Billingham's Rabbit Hole during the day yesterday, I finished the final hour and a half of Christie's The murder at the Vicarage, narrated by Richard E Grant. He has the perfect voice for a 1930s vicar. Christie's is … Continue reading A Sunday Panel
My first Kiernan
Since The Murder Box was released a week ago I have been intrigued by its premise after I discovered that Olivia Kiernan was to appear at this years Theakstons on the Who killed the Police Procedural panel, alongside Mari Hannah, Parker Bilal, Will Dean and James Oswald. Her previous book in the series had been … Continue reading My first Kiernan
My second review of the Day
Lucy Atkin's Magpie Lane has been a really difficult book to review without giving anything away, so I decided to wait until after my interview with her last night on UK Crime Book Club in order to allow me to go over some of her answers to get a more in-depth look at the book … Continue reading My second review of the Day
On Audio First
The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh is the 6th Eddie Flynn novel in the series and has been released on audiobook first. This book is the second that Steve has written where Eddie has a partner called Kate helping him out at his newly formed law firm. Flynn, right since the first novel, The Defence, … Continue reading On Audio First
In the Footsteps of Killers
Professor David Wilson is a man with decades of experience in the criminal justice system and is now the author of numerous books and I will be talking to him about his latest, A Plot to Kill on the 16th of August. So in preparation for the interview I have just watched, over two days, … Continue reading In the Footsteps of Killers
From the writer of Th1rt3en
On the eve of Steve Cavanagh's 7th book, The Devil's Advocate, I've finished the first in the Eddie Flynn series, The Defence. On the cover of the book it says from the author of Thirteen. Before the 4th in the series, Steve had undeservedly flown under many people's radar, but after he won the Theakston's … Continue reading From the writer of Th1rt3en
Fiction vs the Reality
This year at Theakstons it will be the first off-line mass book event post lockdown and looking through the panel options on this year's programme, I spotted the Writing Life Scientific. Having read Lin Anderson and Sarah Vaughan and interviewed both of them, I know how much research was involved in their books around science. … Continue reading Fiction vs the Reality
Bloody Scotland’s July Offering
After I appeared on Bloody Scotland's Facebook page in June, my friend Craig Sisterson is to appear on there on the 28th of July. The three books they will cover appear to be heavily influenced by Craig's preferences and connections with Bloody Scotland. The first of these Blacktop Wasteland, I first heard about this book … Continue reading Bloody Scotland’s July Offering
