If you haven't read James Lee Burke, you should know he is a big favourite here at Crime Scene Scotland and the best argument for crime ...
If you haven't read James Lee Burke, you should know he is a big favourite here at Crime Scene Scotland and the best argument for crime ...
We know we’ve been quiet for a while, but here is a collection of generally shorter reviews on recent novels that bend the crime genre. Most...
Simon and Schuster, 2009 ISBN 978-1416599098 Bury Me Deep, Megan Abbott's fourth novel, is a 1930's set tale of abandonment, lust an...
Busted Flush Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1935415077 Tower is the real deal; a collaborative novel that feels absolutely cohesive. Two voices that ...
Harvill-Secker, 2009, 978-1846552793 , £12.99 In the last couple of years, it feels like all the best new crime fiction has been coming out...
New Pulp Press, 9780981557908 Nate Flexer's debut is a modern psycho noir in the tradition of Jim Thompson that is one of the first book...
Preface, June 2009, £16.99, ISBN 9781848090521 Gus Dury knows this much: he's a rager. His life is fuelled by anger, both impotent and j...
Simon And Shuster, March 2009, 9781847374073 Ex-stuntman turned PI David Spandau knows the truth about tinsel-town, understands the egos and...
Every year at Crime Scene Scotland we get sent more books than we can handle. Not that we're complaining, mind you. We try and give ever...
Polygon, 2009, ISBN 9781846970986, £9.99 Please note that this review contains spoilers for previous books in the Cal Innes series. For thos...
Tonight, 9pm, Channel 4, the first of three film adaptations of David Peace's incredible Red Riding Quartet (yes, three films, although ...
MacMillan, April '09, ISBN 978-0230701366, £12.99 In the last few years, Ireland has been consistently upping the stakes with its contri...
Maclehouse Press, an imprint of Quercus Books, January 2009, ISBN 9781847245564, £16.99 The second in Larrson's Millennium trilogy, The ...
The creator of Dortmunder and (under the name Richard Stark) master criminal Parker has passed away. He died on wednesday 29 December, 2008 ...
Serpent's Tail, 2009, ISBN 978-1846686436, £7.99 Its rare that a meta novel ends up being entertaining as well as clever, but Dave Zelts...