'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

Andrew Garve's The Golden Deed ( 1960) takes an idea that has long fascinated me, and gives it an interesting twist. The concept is that...

The Killing of Sister George is not, despite its title, a crime film, but it's a movie I much enjoyed watching as a student almost a dec...

Over the years, I've done quite a bit of work with Inspire Culture, who are responsible for looking after Nottinghamshire's librarie...

George Sims (1923-99) was an extremely interesting writer (as indeed was his namesake, George Robert Sims, who died the year before he was b...

I've always enjoyed intricate murder mysteries and Kate Ellis - to whom I'm dedicating my next novel, Fever Island, in appreciation ...

There's a lot going on at the moment. This blog had more than one million pageviews last month and has now passed 15 million pageviews. ...

In a recent The Life of Crime Premium newsletter, I told the curious story of how Leo Bruce's novel Neck and Neck , featuring his series...

Today I'm pleased to host a guest post by my fellow crime writer Gianetta Murray, who shares my enthusiasm for cruises! 'For luxury,...

I've often talked about L.C. Tyler's books on this blog. He is a writer whom I enjoyed reading even before our paths ever crossed in...

Although Vertigo is very much not a forgotten film, I think it's not unreasonable to describe D'Entre Les Morts , the book on which ...