'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

Jackie DeShannon is a very good songwriter, but perhaps even better as a singer, certainly in her heyday in the 60s and 70s, and my contribu...

I’ve just come across the fact that Tales of the Unexpected are being re-run on Sky Arts channel. I first saw this series in the70s. It beg...

Aftermath , the first DCI Banks story to be televised, was on tonight, and I’d been looking forward to the first episode of this two-parter ...

As I said the other day, I really enjoyed Kate Atkinson’s new book, Started Early, Took My Dog . It’s a very witty piece of work, with sever...

It’s a long time since I watched Fargo – so long that I ddn’t remember much except that I enjoyed it, and especially admired Frances McDorm...

Petite Anglaise , by Catherine Sanderson, is not a crime novel, but it earns a mention here because it’s the first book about blogging that ...

It's so long since I read Ruth Rendell's short story 'The Double' that I'd pretty much forgotten it. So I decided to gra...

Here is the cover artwork for the forthcoming CWA anthology Original Sins , which I edited, and which is to be published by Severn House. I ...

The Raoul Moat Tape s was a TV documentary about true crime which, although flawed by a faintly sensationalist tone, still provided an inter...

Claustrophobia is a key element in many good mysteries, and what could be more claustrophobic than being trapped in a lift? This is the clas...