'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

Blog readers will be very familiar with the name of Patti Abbott, who got the Friday Forgotten Books feature going a few years ago. A blog ...

Continuing my exploration of the work of Patricia Highsmith, I recently re-read Eleven , which I came across originally in the Seventies - i...

Not so long ago, to suggest that a group of volunteers could set up from scratch a conference about Golden Age fiction that would attract a ...

I've returned home after an exhilarating few days in London, with a number of highlights, including Saturday's superbly organise...

The House by the River tends to be remembered today - if at all - as a post-war film directed by the brilliant Fritz Lang. But the film was...

Cumbria is a large county, and there is more to it than the Lake District. Whilst my series is set in the Lakes, I feel that it wouldn...

Long-time readers of this blog will know that, when possible, I like to combine my work at crime fiction festivals and other events with ...

I've returned from attending the inaugural Carlisle Crime Writing Festival - a thoroughly enjoyable week-end, for all sorts of reason...

Does anybody remember Cluff ? This was a detective show on the BBC in the mid-Sixties. I have a vague recollection, but no more, of seeing i...

End of the Game is a 1975 film that is known under various names, including the original German title, Der Richter and sein Henker ( The Ju...