CHEERS! It’s Bloody Scotland time again

Stirling on the alert for influx of crime fiction writers and fans

The first private eye

There's a new series on Drama about The Pinkertons. It's a story I wish I'd told.

CRIME DESK – more from the on-line world of crime fiction and fact

CRIME DESK – more from the on-line world of crime fiction and fact

Agatha Christie on roller skates - and poisons - fears of a gang war in Japan and murder in India

Crime Desk: More crime fact and fiction from the on-line world

Bloody gang wars have made El Salvador a homicide hotspot with 43 murder sin one day - and some new crime fiction reviewed in The Guardian

The noir side of life

The term 'Tartan Noir' may be a handy label but it doesn't do justice to the varied amount of crime writing from Scotland- and do we really need a label anyway?

Blogging around

Blogging around

I've been busy doing some guest blogs

CRIME DESK: More from the world of crime fact and fiction on-line

A look at Time's coverage of an horrific murder, an author talks about police cutbacks and whether they effect his fiction, The end of CSI and a new crime magazine to be launched

Smoking out Shakespeare’s inspiration

Smoking out Shakespeare’s inspiration

      So, clay pipes from Shakespeare’s garden have been found to contain traces of Cannabis Resin, eh? Check it out here: Cannabis pipes Does that mean old Will...

CRIME DESK: Another compendium of on-line crime fact and fiction

Academics construct a formula to solve Agatha Christie mysteries, classic cosy crime makes a comeback, a suspected ritual murder in Florida enrages Wiccans, true crime from the Victorian era, an author suspects Peter Sutcliffe may have more murders on his conscience and a round-up of translated crime

CRIME DESK: Unnatural acts with a donkey and 700 murders in a month in El Salvador

A couple of crime-related stories that have caught my eye this week.