9Apr

REVIEW: The Killing Season by Mason Cross

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The Killing Season by Mason Cross. The first line of this book speaks volumes. ‘The first thing you should know about me is that my name is not Carter Blake.’ […]

8Apr

REVIEW: Beyond the Rage by Michael J. Malone

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Michael J. Malone’s new thriller moves like a hot knife through Lurpak.

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8Apr

REVIEW: The Storm by Neil Broadfoot

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I review the new thriller from Neil Broadfoot, which will be launched during this year’s Aye Write festival in Glasgow

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5Apr

Devil’s Knock blurb

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The devil comes knocking for Davie McCall in two months time

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1Apr

William Goldman and Reversal Engineering

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Most people call them twists. I call them reversals because I’m heavily influenced by writer William Goldman.

Tags: Alistair MacLean Control Edged Weapons Magic Marathon Man William Goldman

30Mar

Weegee – murder was his business

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News that NYPD is to digitise thousands of crime scene photos got me thinking about Arthur Fellig, the man they called Weegee

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18Mar

Saxon pulp

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A book clear-out revealed a long-lost pleasure – the pulp horrors of Peter Saxon.

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15Mar

Slinging my web

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Why have a website? And my big bid for TV stardom.

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9Mar

Crime in the slow lane

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Is TV crime getting slower? There’s a lot of crime about. I don’t mean in real life, although there’s a fair bit of that, I mean fictional crime. You can […]

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8Mar

The grave for men alive – and living free

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Old books never die, they just come out as digital copies. That’s something that came through to me this week when I was in Edinburgh to talk about one of […]

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REVIEW: The Killing Season by Mason Cross

REVIEW: Beyond the Rage by Michael J. Malone

REVIEW: The Storm by Neil Broadfoot

Devil’s Knock blurb

William Goldman and Reversal Engineering

Weegee – murder was his business

Saxon pulp

Slinging my web

Crime in the slow lane

The grave for men alive – and living free

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