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17/08/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Careless in Red' by Elizabeth George, 'The Draining Lake' by Arnaldur Indridason, 'The Girl of His Dreams' by Donna Leon, 'The Lost Prophecies' by The Medieval Murderers, 'The Mind's Eye' by Hakan Nesser and 'The Amnesiac' by Sam Taylor.

10/08/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Therapy' by Sebastian Fitzek, 'Mad About the Boy?' by Dolores Gordon-Smith, 'The Sun King Rises' by Yves Jego and Denis Lepee, 'The Last Straight Face' by Bruce Kennedy Jones and Eric Allison, 'Ashes to Ashes' by Barbara Nadel, 'The Naming of the Dead' by Ian Rankin.

3/08/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'A Load of Old Bones' by Suzette A Hill, 'Loser' by Ken McCoy, 'Blood Lines' by Grace Monroe, 'Echoes from the Dead' by Johan Theorin, 'The Glass Devil' by Helene Tursten and 'Lost Souls' by Neil White.

27/07/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Death Maze' by Ariana Franklin, 'The Spies of Warsaw' by Alan Furst, 'Murder on the Eiffel Tower' by Claude Izner, 'Dead Man's Footsteps' by Peter James, 'The Last Exile' by E V Seymour' and 'Lying Dead' (audio book) by Aline Templeton.

22/07/08

  • The 'Authors' (666 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1296 authors (6684 titles with links to 1278 reviews). I've added bibliographies for: Beth Andrews, James Becker, Alison Bruce, Duncan Campbell, Kimberley Chambers, Adam Creed, Jonathan Davies, Jeremy Duns, Lance Elliot, Derek Adie Flower, Roger Hudson, Dylan Jones, Jessie Keane, Michael Langford, Robert Markham, Grant McKenzie, T J Middleton, Marjorie Owen, Michael Pearce, Wendy Percival, Imogen Robertson, Mark Sanderson and Bill Vidal.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Will Adams, John Baker, Alex Barclay, Robert Barnard, Mark Billingham, Anna Blundy, Stephen Booth, Anne Brooke, Karen Campbell, Maureen Carter, Ann Cleeves, Chris Collett, John Connor, Kate Ellis, Ian Fleming, Juan Gomez-Jurado, Andrew Greig, Raymond Haigh, June Hampson, Mick Herron, Susan Hill, Suzette A Hill, Graham Hurley, Marek Krajewski, Camilla Lackberg, Diane Wei Liang, Joan Lock, Gay Longworth, Stuart MacBride, Scott Mariani, Michael Marshall, Lee Martin, Margaret Mayhew, Iain McDowall, Catriona McPherson, Barbara Nadel, Jo Nesbo, Ann Purser, R T Raichev, Ian Rankin, Betty Rowlands, Alex Scarrow, Roger Silverwood, Alexander McCall Smith, Jon Stock, Martyn Waites, Laura Wilson, Robert Wilson and Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

    13/07/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Death Pictures' by Simon Hall, 'There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union' by Reginald Hill, 'The Ice Princess' by Camilla Lackberg, 'Ladies of Class' by Marjorie Owen, 'Timebomb' by Gerald Seymour and 'The Torso' by Helene Tursten

    7/07/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's June Crime File plus reviews of 'Through the Ruins of Midnight' by Colin Campbell, 'The Bellini Card' by Jason Goodwin, 'The Man with the Lead Stomach' by Jean-Francois Parot, 'The Murder Farm' by Andrea Maria Schenkel and 'Echoes from the Dead' by Johan Theorin.

    29/06/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Twilight Time' by Karen Campbell, 'A Quiet Belief in Angels' by R J Ellory, 'The Cruel Stars of the Night' by Kjell Eriksson, 'Broken' by Karen Fossum, 'Paper Butterfly' by Diane Wei Liang and 'Spider' by Michael Morley.

    22/06/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Meticulous Messenger' by Wendy Burdess, 'Disco for the Departed' by Colin Cotterill, 'Waterloo Sunset' by Martin Edwards, 'Broken' by Karin Fossum, 'Players' by Paul McAuley and 'Devil's Peak' (audio book) by Deon Meyer.

    14/06/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's May Crime File plus reviews of 'The Vows of Silence' by Susan Hill, 'Death in Breslau' by Marek Krajewski, 'Flesh House' by Stuart MacBride, 'Crow Stone' by Jenni Mills and 'Detective Inspector Huss' by Helene Tursten.

    1/06/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Paper Moon' by Andrea Camilleri, 'Deadly Obsession' by Peter Conway, 'The Blood Spilt' by Asa Larsson, 'The Murder Farm' by Andrea Maria Schenkel, 'An Expert in Murder' by Nicola Upson and 'Fallen Idols' by Neil White.

    25/05/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy' by James Anderson, 'White Nights' by Ann Cleeves, 'Volk's Game' by Brent Ghelfi, 'The Shadow in the River' by Frode Grytten, 'The Manor of Death' by Bernard Knight and 'The Darkness and the Deep' by Aline Templeton (audio book).

    23/05/08

  • The 'Authors' (643 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1273 authors (6572 titles with links to 1215 reviews). I've added bibliographies for: Tom Bale, James Barrington, Ruth Brandon, P J Brooke, Chris Cleave, Jack Drummond, Alex Dryden, Giorgio Faletti, Ian Fleming, Tom Gilling, Roger Granelli, James Green, Elly Griffiths, Iain Levison, Diane Wei Liang, Paul Nagle, Gary Newman, Maggie Orford, Kate Stacey and Roland Vernon.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Lin Anderson, Tony Black, Andrea Camilleri, Barbara Cleverly, F G Cottam, Clare Curzon, Judith Cutler, David Dickinson, Paul Doherty, R J Ellory, Sebastian Faulks, John Francome, Sara Fraser, Robert Goddard, Simon Hall, Sam Hayes, David Hewson, Rupert Holmes, Declan Hughes, Bill James, Peter James, Quintin Jardine, Michael Jecks, Alison Joseph, Mari Jungstedt, Kevin Lewis, John Macken, Priscilla Masters, Grace Monroe, Andrew Nugent, Charlie Owen, Matt Benyon Rees, Ruth Rendell, Mike Ripley, David Roberts, Michael Robotham, Nick Smith, Mehmet Murat Somer, Rebecca Tope, L C Tyler and Fred Vargas.

    18/05/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Silesian Station' by David Downing, 'The Snake Stone' by Jason Goodwin, 'Ritual' by Mo Hayder, 'Trial by Blood' by John Macken, 'The Prophet Murders' by Mehmet Murat Somer and 'Harum Scarum' by Felicity Young.

    11/05/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Death of a Gentle Lady' by M C Beaton, 'The Man at the Window' by K O Dahl, 'Steel Witches' by Patrick Lennon, 'The Butterfly Effect' by Pernille Rygg, 'The Laughing Policeman' by Sjowall and Wahloo and 'Into the Shadows' by Shirley Wells.

    4/05/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's April Crime File plus reviews of 'Cross' by Ken Bruen, 'Black Seconds' by Karin Fossum, 'The Death Maze' by Ariana Franklin, 'Unspoken' by Mari Jungstedt and 'The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud' by Julia Navarro.

    27/04/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Final Days' by Alex Chance, 'A Greater Evil' by Natasha Cooper, 'The Risk of Darkness' by Susan Hill, 'The One From the Other' by Philip Kerr, 'The Eye of Jade' by Diane Wei Liang and 'The Lady of the Manor' by Chris Marr.

    20/04/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Written in Bone' by Simon Beckett, 'The Dying Breed' by Declan Hughes, 'The Mesmerist's Apprentice' by L M Jackson, 'The Girl of His Dreams' by Donna Leon, 'Three to Kill' by Jean-Patrick Manchette and 'A Killing Frost' by R D Wingfield.

    12/04/08

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Bad Luck and Trouble' by Lee Child, 'The Final Murder' by Anne Holt, 'The Chatelet Appretice' by Jean-Francois Parot, 'Child 44' by Tom Rob Smith, 'A Carrion Death' by Michael Stanley and 'Bruno, Chief of Police' by Martin Walker.
  • The 'Authors' (628 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1253 authors (6484 titles with links to 1185 reviews). I've added bibliographies for: Eric Allison and Bruce Kennedy Jones, Andrew Grant, Philip Grant, Maggie Hamand, Jonathan Hayes, Kaye C Hill, Sally Hinchcliffe, Paulus Hochgatterer, James Patrick Hunt, Jason Johnson, Alan Miles, A A Milne, Sean Moncrieff, Tony Pollard, Peter Pringle, Judith Rothman, A M Story, Simone van der Vlugt, Claus von Bohlen, Lee Weeks and Matt Wilson.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Chris Ewan, Elena Forbes, Dick Francis, Clio Gray, Hazel Holt, P D James, Michael Jecks, Stuart MacBride, Adrian Magson, Andy McDermott, Dreda Say Mitchell, Manuel Vasquz Montalban, Barbara Nadel, Jean-Francois Parot, Anne Perry, Phil Rickman, Stella Rimington, Peter Robinson, Catherine Sampson, Joe Stein, Simon Tolkien, Felicity Young and Anne Zouroudi.

    6/04/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's March Crime File plus reviews of 'Ten-Second Staircase' (audio) by Christopher Fowler, 'Savage Night' by Allan Guthrie, 'A Cure for All Diseases' by Reginald Hill, 'Gallows Lane' by Brian McGilloway and 'The Pool of Unease' by Catherine Sampson.

    30/03/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'A Poisoned Mind' by Natasha Cooper, 'The Cipher Garden' by Martin Edwards, 'Losing You' by Nicci French, 'Nemesis' by Jo Nesbo, 'Primal Cut' by Ed O'Connor and 'The Chameleon's Shadow' by Minette Walters.

    23/03/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Cold in Hand' by John Harvey, 'Death in Breslau' by Marek Krajewski, 'The History of Things' by Sean Moncrieff, 'Silent in the Grave' by Deanna Raybourn and 'An Expert in Murder' by Nicola Upson.

    17/03/08 The 'Books' page now has separate listings for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The Scandinavia page now covers these four countries plus Iceland.

    16/03/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Until It's Over' by Nicci French, 'A Small Weeping' by Alex Gray, 'A Most Dangerous Woman' by L M Jackson, 'A Quiet Flame' by Philip Kerr and 'Lorraine Connection' by Dominique Manotti.

    9/03/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Ruso and the Demented Doctor' by R S Downie, 'To Kill or Cure' by Susanna Gregory, 'Ritual' by Mo Hayder, 'The Pure in Heart' by Susan Hill and 'Stratton's War' by Laura Wilson.

    1/03/08

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with updated with Mike Ripley's February Crime File plus reviews of 'Meltdown' by Martin Baker, 'Beneath the Bleeding' by Val McDermid, 'A Vengeful Longing' by R N Morris and 'The Saladin Murders' by Matt Rees.
  • The 'Authors' (611 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1232 authors (6426 titles with links to 1155 reviews). I've added bibliographies for Tony Bayliss, John Beynon, Richard Blake, Nick Brownlee, Carina Burman, Aifric Campbell, Alex Chance, Daniel Clay, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Robbie Fithon, Alis Hawkins, Nick Holland, Stanley Hyland, Andrea H Japp, Michael Larsen, Nigel J Macbeth, Russel Maclean, Aiveen McCarthy, Rafe McGregor, Robert Minhinnick, Torben Nielsen, John Niven, Hilary St George Saunders, Diane Setterfield, Eve Seymour, Nicola Slade, Carol Topolski, Andrew Towning, James Tully, Dan Waddell, Paul Waters and Patrick Woodhead.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Paul Adam, Martin Baker, Jo Bannister, Simon Beckett, Benjamin Black, Ingrid Black, Sam Bourne, Armand Cabasson, Charles Cumming, Angela Dracup, Inger Frimansson, Jason Goodwin, Ian Gosling, A J Hartley, Thomas Hettche, Claude Izner, Morag Joss, Stephen Leather, Peter Lovesey, James McGee, The Medieval Murderers, Steve Mosby, Amy Myers, Andrew Pepper, John Pilkington, Rob/Robert Ryan, Gerald Seymour, Chris Simms, Stefan Themerson, Brian Thompson, Peter Tremayne and Neil White.
  • The 'Discussions' page has been updated.

    24/02/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Scent of the Night' by Andrea Camilleri, 'The Natural Disorder of Things' by Andrea Canobbio, 'Dead Men' by Stephen Leather, 'Requiem' by Jack Ross and 'Light Reading' by Aliya Whiteley.

    17/02/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Crimini' edited by Giancarlo De Cataldo, 'A Vengeful Longing' by R N Morris, 'The Thirteenth Tale' by Diane Setterfield, 'Ice Trap' by Kitty Sewell and 'The Abominable Man' by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.

    10/02/08 In a Fred Vargas review extravaganza, the 'Reviews' page has been updated with three reviews of 'This Night's Foul Work, a review of 'Have Mercy on Us All' plus two new reviews of 'Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand' and one new review of 'Seeking Whom He May Devour'.

    3/02/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's January Crime File plus reviews of 'The Patience of the Spider' by Andrea Camilleri, 'The Savage Altar' by Asa Larsson, 'Bad Traffic' by Simon Lewis, 'Man on the Balcony' by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo and 'Into the Shadows' by Shirley Wells.

    27/01/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Death's Dark Abyss' by Massimo Carlotto, 'Deserving Death' by Peter Conway, 'The Coffin Trail' by Martin Edwards, 'The Return' by Hakan Nesser and 'What Was Lost' by Catherine O'Flynn.

    21/01/08

  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1199 authors (6341 titles with links to 1123 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Will Adams, Brian Battison, Gerard Beirne, David Brewerton, James Brownley, Nicholas G Clough, F G Cottam, Darren Craske, Anna Dean. Kylie Fitzpatrick, Lisa Glass, Ian Gosling, Hedi Kaddour, Kolton Lee, Karen Maitland, J D Mallinson, Chris Marr, Tom Martin, J K Mayo, Pascal Mercier, Hubert Monteilhet, J A O'Brien, Klas Ostergren, Michael Parker, Linda Sole, Keith Souter, Johan Theorin, Lucie Whitehouse and Aliya Whiteley.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Vivien Armstrong, Ray Banks, Jo Bannister, Robert Barnard, Colin Bateman, Gyles Brandreth, Robert J Bridge, William Brodrick, Ken Bruen, Wendy Burdess, Judith Cutler, David Stuart Davies, Marjorie Eccles, Geraldine Evans, Jasper Fforde, Alex Gray, Richard Haley, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, Matti Joensuu, Paul Johnston, H R F Keating, Stephen Leather, John Macken, Henning Mankell, Dominique Manotti, Edward Marston, Faith Martin, Keith McCarthy, Ken McCoy, Val McDermid, Roger/R N Morris, Ian Morson, Nick Oldham, Andrew Puckett, Mary Reed and Eric Mayer, Pauline Rowson, Kate Sedley, John Paxton Sheriff, Roger Silverwood, Aline Templeton, The Mulgray Twins, M J Trow and David Wishart.

    20/01/08

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Dark Eye' by Ingrid Black, 'Die With Me' by Elena Forbes, 'What Came Before He Shot Her' by Elizabeth George, 'The Damned Season' by Carlo Lucarelli and 'Fatal Lies' by Frank Tallis.
  • The 'Authors' (608 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    13/01/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Saturday's Child' by Ray Banks, 'The Sinner' by Petra Hammesfahr, 'Unseen' by Mari Jungstedt, 'The Simian Curve' by Mark Lalbeharry and 'The Crystal Skull' by Manda Scott.

    6/01/08 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Patience of the Spider' by Andrea Camilleri, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo', by Stieg Larsson, 'Suffer the Little Children' by Donna Leon, 'The Mystery Writer' by Jessica Mann and 'Dark Angels' by Grace Monroe.

    16/12/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Officer's Prey' by Armand Cabasson, 'Raven Black' by Ann Cleeves, 'Back to Bologna' by Michael Dibdin (audio), 'Not Dead Enough' by Peter James and 'Dead I Well May Be' by Adrian McKinty.

    9/12/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Silver Swan' by Benjamin Black, 'Reasonable Doubts' by Gianrico Carofiglio, 'Thirty-Three Teeth' by Colin Cotterill, 'The Herring Seller's Apprentice' by L C Tyler and 'The Dead Pool' by Sue Walker'.
  • The 'Authors' (599 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1170 authors (6228 titles with links to 1101 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Wendy Burgess, Armand Cabasson, Jacques Chessex, Titania Hardie, Yves Jego & Denis Lepee, Simon Lewis, Bill Liversidge, Felicity McCall, Jessica Mann, Grace Monroe, Caro Peacock, Mark Radford, Jack Ross, Leigh Russell, Teresa Solana, Lesley Thomson, Shirley Worrall.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Kate Atkinson, Rhys Bowen, Simon Brett, Ken Bruen, Tom Cain, John Connolly, Colin Cotterill, Leif Davidsen, Ruth/R S Downie, Carola Dunn, Gavin Esler, Duncan Falconer, Jane Finnis, Philip Gooden, Peter Helton, Mick/M Herron, Suzette A Hill, Arnaldur Indridason, Claude Izner, Peter James, Peter Kerr, Clare Littleford, Stuart MacBride, Edward/A E Marston, Peter May, Pat McIntosh, Mark Mills, Hakan Nesser, Jean-Francois Parot, Michael Robotham, Graeme Roe, Sally Spencer, Shirley Wells, Kate Westbrook and Stella Whitelaw.

    2/12/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's November Crime File plus reviews of 'Suffer the Little Children' by Donna Leon, 'The Mystery Writer' by Jessica Mann, 'Grief Encounters' by Stuart Pawson and 'Sins of the Fathers' by Sally Spencer.

    24/11/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'A Mysterious Affair of Style' by Gilbert Adair, 'Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye' by M C Beaton, 'The Accident Man' by Tom Cain, 'Excursion to Tindari' by Andrea Camilleri, 'Kennedy's Brain' by Henning Mankell and 'House of Shadows' by The Medieval Murderers.

    10/11/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Voice of the Violin' by Andrea Camilleri, 'Unwillingly to School' by Peter Conway, 'In the Woods' by Tana French, 'The Noble Outlaw' by Bernard Knight and 'Let the Right One In' by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

    4/11/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Fugitive' by Massimo Carlotto, 'The Serbian Dane' by Leif Davidsen, 'Sweet Gum' by Jo-Ann Goodwin, 'Exit Music' by Ian Rankin and the anthology 'Dangerous Women' edited by Otto Penzler.

    28/10/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's October Crime File plus reviews of 'A Half Life of One' by Bill Liversidge, 'The Redbreast' by Jo Nesbo, 'The Bethlehem Murders' by Matt Rees and 'Who is Conrad Hirst?' by Kevin Wignall.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    20/10/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Big O' by Declan Burke, 'The Snack Thief' by Andrea Camilleri, 'The Edge' by Clare Curzon, 'The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes' by Paul D Gilbert and the first three Crime Express novellas: 'Trouble in Mind' by John Harvey, 'Claws' by Stephen Booth and 'The Mentalist' by Rod Duncan.

    13/10/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Terracotta Dog' by Andrea Camilleri, 'Julius Winsome' by Gerard Donovan, 'A Passion for Killing' (audio) by Barbara Nadel, 'Friend of the Devil' by Peter Robinson and 'The Man Who Went Up In Smoke' by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.
  • The 'Authors' (594 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1153 authors (6146 titles with links to 1067 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Ray Alan, Helen Black, S J Bolton, Xavier-Marie Bonnot, Karen Campbell, Tim Davys, Andrew Greig, Peter Grimsdale, Paul Hendy, Jacquemard-Senecal, Marek Krajewski, Stieg Larsson, Camilla Leckberg, Shona Maclean, Leo Malet, Michael Morley, Gianluca Morozzi, Andrea Marie Schenkel, Mehmet Murat Somer, Domingo Villar, Martin Walker, Jo Walton and David Wishart.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Gilbert Adair, Jane Adams, M C Beaton, Victoria Blake, Anna Blundy, Stephen Booth, Dorothy Cannell, Chris Collett, Natasha Cooper, Elizabeth Corley, PC/Paul Doherty, David Downing, Nick Drake, Rod Duncan, Geraldine Evans, Karin Fossum, Ariana Franklin, Frances Fyfield, Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett, Michele Giuttari, Friedrich Glauser, Ann Granger, Susanna Gregory, Allan Guthrie, June Hampson, Sophie Hannah, Tom Harper, John Harvey, Veronica Heley, Mandasue Heller, David Hewson, Reginald Hill, Lesley Horton, Lis Howell, Declan Hughes, Claude Izner, L M Jackson, Katherine John, Simon Kernick, Philip Kerr, Bernard Knight, Roberta Kray, Carlo Lucarelli, Andrew Martin, R N Morris, Carmen Posadas, Craig Russell, Sally Spedding and Michael Walters.

    7/10/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Calling Out For You' by Karin Fossum, 'The Bloomsday Dead' by Adrian McKinty, 'The Fabric of Sin' by Phil Rickman, 'The Adversary' by Michael Walters and 'Mister Jacks' by Tom Wilson.

    29/09/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's September Crime File plus reviews of 'The Past is a Foreign Country' by Gianrico Carofiglio, 'Darkness and Light' by John Harvey and 'Tripper' by Ken McCoy.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    15/09/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Chinaman' by Friedrich Glauser, 'Name to a Face' by Robert Goddard, 'Days of Atonement' by Michael Gregorio and 'Rough Trade' by Dominique Manotti.

    8/09/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Fugitive' by Massimo Carlotto, 'The Fourth Man' by K O Dahl, 'Hurting Distance' by Sophie Hannah and 'The Exception' by Christian Jungersen.

    2/09/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's August Crime File plus reviews of 'Never End' by Ake Edwardson, 'Die With Me' by Elena Forbes, 'One Man and His Bomb' by H R F Keating and 'Kennedy's Brain' by Henning Mankell.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    26/08/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Murder Bird' by Joanna Hines, 'Voices' by Arnaldur Indridason, 'Still Waters' by Nigel McCrery, 'Not in the Flesh' by Ruth Rendell and 'Sleeping Dogs Lie' by Sylvester Young.
  • The 'Authors' (583 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1130 authors (6045 titles with links to 1036 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Michel Benoit, Tony Black, Grace Brophy, Lana Citron, Cassandra Clark, Julian Clary, Sebastian Faulks, Sara Fraser, Petra Hammesfahr, Ian Sansom, Claire Seeber, L C Tyler, Neil White, Robyn Young and Anne Zouroudi.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Benjamin Black, Andrea Camilleri, Massimo Carlotto, Barbara Cleverly, Emerson Cole, Robert Edric, Ariana Franklin, J G Goodhind, Dolores Gordon-Smith, Asa Larsson, K T McCaffrey, Magdalen Nabb, Barbara Nadel, Hilary Norman, Julie Parsons, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, Frank Schatzing, Frank Tallis, Marilyn Todd and Barbara Vine.

    19/08/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Big O' by Declan Burke, 'Mistress of the Art of Death' by Ariana Franklin, 'Time to Kill' by Brian Freemantle, 'The Draining Lake' by Arnaldur Indridason and 'The Midnight Choir' by Gene Kerrigan.

    12/08/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Written in Bone' by Simon Beckett, 'The Death List' by Paul Johnston, 'Severed' by Simon Kernick, 'Depths' by Henning Mankell and 'Sins of the Fathers' by Sally Spencer.

    5/08/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's July roundup plus reviews of 'White Corridor' by Christopher Fowler, 'A Most Dangerous Woman' by L M Jackson, 'Hammerhead' by Ken McCoy and 'The Shadow Walker' by Michael Walters.

    29/07/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's July Crime File plus reviews of 'Written in Bone' by Simon Beckett, 'Frozen Tracks' by Ake Edwardson, 'The Bone Garden' by Kate Ellis and 'Troubling Love' by Elena Ferrante.

    23/07/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Reasonable Doubts' by Gianrico Carofiglio, 'The Unquiet' by John Connolly, 'The Princess of Burundi' by Kjell Eriksson, 'The Colour of Blood' by Declan Hughes and '12:23' by Eoin McNamee.

    16/07/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Black Seconds' by Karin Fossum, 'Little Criminals' by Gene Kerrigan, 'Corn Dolls' by Patrick Lennon, 'The Dead Hour' by Denise Mina and 'The Lying Tongue' by Andrew Wilson.

    8/07/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Coroner's Lunch' by Colin Cotterill, 'The Devil's Star' by Jo Nesbo, 'The Return' by Hakan Nesser, 'The Library Paradox' by Catherine Shaw and 'Time to Pay' by Lyndon Stacey.
  • The 'Authors' (573 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1115 authors (6000 titles with links to 997 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Maria Alvarez, Peter Benjamin, Kjell-Olof Bornemark, Lars Saaybe Christensen, Sebastian Fitzek, Jonny Glynn, Trevor John, Andy McDermott, Reg McKay, SJ (Sarah) Michaels, Antony Moore, J S Noon, Elisabet Peterzen, Mick Scully, Carol Smith, David Thewlis, Jonathan Trigell and Sylvester Young.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Catherine Aird, Vincent Banville, M C Beaton, Michael Bond, Christopher Brookmyre, Paul Charles, Ann Cleeves, Martina Cole, Lesley Cookman, Michael Cordy, Judith Cutler, Paul/PC Doherty, Maragret Duffy, Kate Ellis, John Francome, Susanna Gregory, A J Hartley, Mo Hayder, Veronica Heley, Mandasue Heller, Jane Hill, Peter Hoeg, Arlene Hunt, Michael Jecks, Jan Kjaerstad, Alanna Knight, Dominique Manotti, Faith Martin, Catriona McPherson, Sam Millar, Pat Mullan, Jo Nesbo, Charlie Owen, David Peace, Anne Perry, Rafael Reig, Pauline Rowson, Manda Scott, Roger Silverwood, Alexander McCall Smith, Joan Smith, Martin Suter, Rebecca Tope, Peter Tremayne and Simon Wood.

    1/07/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's June Crime File plus reviews of 'Bangkok Haunts' by John Burdett, 'Blood in the Water' by Gillian Galbraith, 'How to Kill' by Kris Hollington and 'The Redbreast' by Jo Nesbo.

    25/06/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Chemistry of Death' by Simon Beckett, 'Illusion' by Daniel Boyle, 'Sun and Shadow' by Ake Edwardson, 'Calling Out For You' by Karin Fossum and 'The Tainted Relic' by The Medieval Murderers.

    17/06/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Library of the Soul' by Simon Buck, 'The Blood Partnership' by Seth Garner, 'The Blood Spilt' by Asa Larsson, 'Bishop's Pawn' by K T McCaffrey and 'The Walking Dead' by Gerald Seymour.

    10/06/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Shame' by Karin Alvtegen, 'The Death List' by Paul Johnston, 'Relentless' by Simon Kernick and 'Sovereign' by C J Sansom.

    3/06/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's May Crime File plus reviews of 'Not Dead Enough' by Peter James, 'Blood on the Wood' (audio) by Gillian Linscott and 'The Reckoning' by Sue Walker.
  • The 'Authors' (566 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1097 authors (5913 titles with links to 966 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Emerson Cole, David Downing, William Horwood & Helen Rappaport, Eve Isherwood, Alexander Nekrassov, Jean Rowden, Seamus Smyth, Sara Stockbridge and Anton White.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: K O Dahl, Dick Francis, Alex Gray, Gregory Hall, Danny King, Lynda La Plante, Richard Morgan, C J Sansom, Alexander McCall Smith, Paul Sussman and Fred Vargas.

    27/05/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's May roundup plus reviews of 'The Fourth Man' by K O Dahl, 'The Intruders' by Michael Marshall and 'The Sky Blue Parcel' by John Nightingale.

    19/05/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'A Fall from Grace' by Robert Barnard, 'Good Night, My Darling' by Inger Frimansson, 'Borkmann's Point' by Hakan Nesser and 'All She Ever Wanted' by Patrick Redmond.

    12/05/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Shape of Water' by Andrea Camilleri, 'A Greater Evil' by Natasha Cooper, 'Medicus' by Ruth Downie and 'The Last Resort' by Carmen Posadas.
  • The 'Authors' (561 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1089 authors (5893 titles with links to 947 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Simon Buck, John Galvin and Serena Mackesy.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Pauline Bell, Barbara Cleverly, Carol Anne Davis, David Dickinson, Bill James, Claire Lorrimer, Pat McIntosh and R T Raichev.

    5/05/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Strangers' by Carla Banks, 'The Hard Way' by Lee Child, 'When the Devil Holds the Candle' (audio book) by Karin Fossum plus Mike Ripley's April Crime File.

    29/04/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Cross' by Ken Bruen, 'Hidden Depths' by Ann Cleeves, 'Broken Skin' by Stuart MacBride and 'Ice Moon' by Jan Costin Wagner.
  • The 'Authors' (558 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1086 authors (5878 titles with links to 939 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Gerry Byrne, Claude Izner, Ray Loriga, J C Masterman and Jean-Francois Parot.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Ken Bruen and Lee Child.

    22/04/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Chemistry of Death' by Simon Beckett, 'Gagged and Bound' by Natasha Cooper, 'The Simian Curve' by Mark Lalbeharry and 'The Tenderness of Wolves' by Stef Penney.
  • The 'Authors' (555 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1081 authors (5870 titles with links to 934 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Tapani Bagge, Martin Baker, Jimmy Boyle, Heimo Lampi, Andrei Rubanov, Mauri Sariola, Gerald Seymour, Vladimir Sorokin and Michael White.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Ken Bruen, Clare Curzon, Kjell Eriksson, Gillian Galbraith, Jason Goodwin, Michael Gregorio, Nigel McCrery, Phil Rickman, Stella Rimington, Catherine Shaw and Felicity Young.

    15/04/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Bad Luck and Trouble' by Lee Child, 'The Seventy-Seven Clocks' (audio book) by Christopher Fowler, 'Broken Surface' by Seth Garner and 'Never Go Back' by Robert Goddard.

    8/04/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Cross' by Ken Bruen, 'The Scent of the Night' by Andrea Camilleri, 'The Murder Bird' by Joanna Hines and 'Borderlands' by Brian McGilloway.
  • The 'Authors' (547 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1072 authors (5821 titles with links to 921 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Daniel Boyle, Ottavio Cappellani, Gillian Galbraith, Frode Grytten, W F Hermans, Elfriede Jelinek, Damien Lewis, Francisco Garcia Pavon, Owen Sheers and Andrzej Stasiuk.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Maxine Barry, Robert Goddard, Clio Gray, Andrew Holmes, Mari Jungstedt, Alex Scarrow, Nick Stone and James Twining.

    1/04/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with two reviews of 'Haggard Hawk' by Marcus Barr, a review of 'The Forest of Souls' by Carla Banks plus Mike Ripley's March Crime File.
  • The 'Authors' (537 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1062 authors (5801 titles with links to 914 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Sara Banerji and Tom Rob Smith.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Gianrico Carofiglio, Susan Hill, John Lawton, Perihan Magden, Yrsa Sigurdardottir and Scarlett Thomas.

    24/03/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Gentlemen and Players' by Joanne Harris, 'The Welfare of the Dead' (audio) by Lee Jackson, 'Aztec: City of Spies' by Simon Levack and 'The Dinner Club' by Saskia Noort.

    18/03/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Voices' by Arnaldur Indridason, 'Players' by Paul McAuley, 'The Prone Gunman' by Jean-Patrick Manchette and 'Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand' by Fred Vargas.
  • The 'Authors' (535 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1060 authors (5793 titles with links to 903 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Anthea Cohen, Vangelis Hatziyannidis, Alan Hunter, Peter Lengyel, Lee Martin, Sophia McDougall, Laura Spinney, Carl Storm, Jerry Sykes and Brian Thompson.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Jan Kjaerstad, Scott Mariani and Sue Walker.
  • In 'Books' I've added a category for authors born in Scotland.

    11/03/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Death of Dalziel' by Reginald Hill, 'Dead Simple' by Peter James, 'Carte Blanche' by Carlo Lucarelli and 'Hit and Run' by Cath Staincliffe.
  • The 'Authors' (530 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1050 authors (5713 titles with links to 900 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Fred Johnston, John McAllister, Joe Stein and Camilla Way.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Michael Dibdin, Ian Rankin and Ruth Rendell.

    4/03/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Arsenic Labyrinth' by Martin Edwards, 'Death by Chocolate' by Toby Moore, 'The Naming of the Dead' by Ian Rankin plus Mike Ripley's February Crime File.
  • The 'Authors' (529 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1046 authors (5705 titles with links to 892 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre, Martin Amis, Anicet Bourgeois, David Callinan and Andy McNab.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Ruth Dudley Edwards. Richard Gwyn, Toby Moore, Stuart Pawson, Javier Sierra and Jose Carlos Somoza.
  • In 'Books' I've added categories of authors born in Northern Ireland and Wales.
  • Four new competitions begin today - with varying geographical restrictions.

    25/02/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Shooting Elvis' by Stuart Pawson, 'Roots of Evil' by Sarah Rayne and 'The Three Evangelists' by Fred Vargas.
  • The 'Authors' (522 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1041 authors (5681 titles with links to 888 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Anne Brooke, Mary Rose Callaghan, Arnauld Delalande, Mike Duff, Chris Ewan, J G Goodhind, Cora Harrison, Sam Hayes, Juan Gómez Jurado, Ian Macpherson, Jenni Mills, Frank Muir, Malcolm Noble, Catherine O'Flynn, Olivier Pauvert, Jay Rayner, Patrick Redmond, Ivo Stourton, Nicola Upson, Andrew Wilson, Tom Wilson, Mark Worrall.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Jane Adams, Tessa Barclay, Tony Cornberg, Duncan Falconer, Lesley Glaister, Susanna Gregory, Quintin Jardine, Andrew Martin, Brian McGilloway, Natasha Mostert, Tony Saint, Roger Silverwood.

    16/02/07 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Gone to Ground' by John Harvey, 'Living on a Prayer' by Sheila Quigley and 'Ice Trap' by Kitty Sewell.

    11/02/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Betrayal' by Paul Carson, 'He Who Fears The Wolf' by Karin Fossum (audio) and 'The Sword of Shame' by The Medieval Murderers.
  • The 'Authors' (510 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1019 authors (5634 titles with links to 886 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Jill Dawson, James Fleming, Paul Halter, Martin Langfield and Stef Penney.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Henning Mankell, David McKeowen and Minette Walters.
  • Susan Sussman & Sarajane Avidon have been deleted as both are American.

    4/02/07

  • Three new competitions begin today and there are no geographical restrictions.
  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Saturnalia' by Lindsey Davis, 'The Savage Garden' by Mark Mills and Mike Ripley's January Crime File. Carla McKay's January roundup has been updated to include 'The Dinner Club' by Saskia Noort.
  • The 'Authors' (505 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1015 authors (5627 titles with links to 880 reviews). I've added bibliographies for the following: Ken Begg, Diego De Silva, Elena Ferrante, Stephen Hunt, Romilly & Katherine John, Maureen Martellas, Ken McClure, Simon Spurrier and Sam Taylor.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Kate Ellis, Reginald Hill, Susanna Jones and Martin O'Brien.

    28/01/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's January roundup, plus reviews of 'Swan Song' by Robert Edric and 'Bone Machine' by Martyn Waites.
  • The 'Authors' (501 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    24/01/07

  • The 'Books' pages have been reorganised and now each author has their own page as well a being part of a list. The pseudonyms are now linked as well.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 1006 authors (5594 titles with links to 871 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Tom Cain, Maxim Chattam, Mary Andrea Clarke, Gordon Ferris, Inger Frimansson, Michele Giuttari, Dolores Gordon-Smith, Lis Howell, Steve Jackson, Susan Kelly, Christobel Kent, Kevin Lewis, Robert Lohr, Scott Mariani, Ken McCoy, Colin Murray, John Nightingale, Christoph Peters, Patricia/Tricia Rainsford, The Mulgray Twins and Shirley Wells.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Paul Adam, Boris Akunin, M C Beaton, Stephen Booth, Dorothy Cannell, Gianrico Carofiglio, Maureen Carter, Martin Edwards, Anthony Eglin, H R F Keating, Jim Kelly, Simon Kernick, Stephen Leather, Simon Levack, Edward/A E Marston, Priscilla Masters, Keith McCarthy, Iain McDowall, Matt Benyon Rees, David Roberts, Peter Robinson, Graeme Roe and Kitty Sewell.
  • Duplicate author - Tricia Rainford/Rainsford corrected.

    21/01/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Elixir of Death' by Bernard Knight, 'Captain Alatriste' by Arturo Perez-Reverte and 'Messenger of Truth' by Jacqueline Winspear.
  • A second competition is now running, this time for a DVD of 'Proof', open to US residents only.

    14/01/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with the 'Favourite European Reads of 2006' chosen by Euro Crime contributors, plus reviews of 'Voices' by Arnaldur Indridason and 'The One From The Other' by Philip Kerr.
  • This month's competition is for copies of 'The Dead Hour' by Denise Mina.

    7/01/07

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Mike Ripley's December Crime File and reviews of 'The Cipher Garden' by Martin Edwards and 'Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand' by Fred Vargas.
  • The 'Authors' (492 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Competition' winners have been announced.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 986 authors (5534 titles with links to 857 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: A C Baantjer, Elena Forbes, Georgette Heyer, Suzette A Hill, Ian Morson and Hugo Rifkind.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Sam Bourne, Tom Bradby, Kjell Eriksson, Jasper Fforde, Barry Maitland, Amy Myers, Julia Navarro, Andrew Pepper, Ann Purser, R T Raichev and Cathi Unsworth.

    31/12/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Spider Light' by Sarah Rayne and 'The Last Secret of the Temple' by Paul Sussman.

    17/12/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Raven Black' by Ann Cleeves and 'Looking Good Dead' by Peter James.
  • The 'Authors' (490 sites) page has been updated.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 980 authors (5465 titles with links to 851 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Gilbert Adair, Rankin Davis, Brian McGilloway, Georges Perec, Matt Benyon Rees, Luis Miguel Rocha, Philip Sington, William Sutton and Elizabeth Wilson.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Boris Akunin, Jo Bannister, Rhys Bowen, Kate Charles, Ake Edwardson, Roger Jon Ellory, Penelope Evans, Susan Hill, Lee/L M Jackson, Michael Jecks, Alison Joseph, Adrian McKinty, The Medieval Murderers, Denise Mina, Dreda Say Mitchell, Sarah Rayne, Rob/Robert Ryan, Chris Simms, Alexander McCall Smith and Martyn Waites.

    10/12/06

  • This month's competition is for copies of 'Bone Machine' by Martyn Waites.
  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Main Chance' by Colin Forbes and 'Lawless' by Alexander McGregor.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    1/12/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Close' by Martina Cole and 'The Red Dahlia' by Lynda La Plante.

    26/11/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Prime Time' by Liza Marklund and 'The Torso' by Helene Tursten.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (485 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 971 authors (5428 titles with links to 843 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Sean Brickell, Derek W Lake and Dennis Lewis.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Mark Billingham, Arnaldur Indridason, Arturo Perez-Reverte and Helene Tursten.

    19/11/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Goodbye Kiss' by Massimo Carlotto and 'Rounding the Mark' by Andrea Camilleri.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (483 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 968 authors (5420 titles with links to 838 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Jonathan Barnes, Gyles Brandreth, Gary Coyne, K O Dahl, John Macken and Roz Southey.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Vivien Armstrong, Lindsay Ashford, Colin Bateman, John Burdett, Lee Child, Natasha Cooper, Ann Granger, Patrica Hall, June Hampson, Sophie Hannah, Anne Holt, Peter James, Katherine John, Bernard Knight, Roberta Kray, David Lawrence, Paul McAuley, R N/Roger Morris, Amy Myers, Ed O'Connor, Sheila Quigley, Betty Rowlands, Pauline Rowson, Craig Russell, Kate Sedley, Sally Spedding, Sally Spencer, Aline Templeton, M J Trow, Pip Vaughan-Hughes, Jill Paton Walsh and Stella Whitelaw.

    12/11/06

  • A 'Competition' page has been added. The prize is a proof copy of the new Fred Vargas novel.
  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's October roundup and Karen Chisholm's review of 'Borkmann's Point' by Hakan Nesser.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (482 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 961 authors (5367 titles with links to 829 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Taylor Holden, Julia Navarro and Justine Picardie.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Richard Haley, K T McCaffrey, Keith Moray, John Paxton Sheriff and Roger Silverwood.

    27/10/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'One Good Turn' by Kate Atkinson and 'Silence of the Grave' by Arnaldur Indridason.

    22/10/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Silver Pigs' (Audio) by Lindsey Davis and 'Hidden' by Katy Gardner.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (480 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 958 authors (5358 titles with links to 820 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Mikhail Chernenok, Vil Lipatov, Alexei Malashenko, Frank Parrish and Marietta Shaginian.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Andrea Camilleri, Judith Cutler, Nicci French, Pavel Kohout, Michael Marshall, Edward Marston and Pat McIntosh.

    15/10/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came' by M C Beaton and 'The Art of Drowing' by Frances Fyfield.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (478 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 953 authors (5337 titles with links to 819 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: William Coffey, Ariana Franklin, Alexander McGregor and Charlie Owen.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Catherine Aird and Geraldine Evans.

    8/10/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Punishment' by Anne Holt and 'The Field of Blood' by Denise Mina'.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Paul Doherty, Rosemary Rowe and Lyndon Stacey.

    29/09/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Death in the Truffle Wood' by Pierre Magnan and 'Footfall' by Christine Poulson.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (476 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Conrad Allen, Frank Barnard, Robert Barnard, Graham Hurley, Adrian Magson, James McGee, Barbara Nadel and Linda Regan.

    24/09/06

  • Euro Crime has moved to a new home - www.eurocrime.co.uk.
  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'See Delphi and Die' by Lindsey Davis and 'Involuntary Witness' by Gianrico Carofiglio.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (475 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 949 authors (5318 titles with links to 802 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Fridrikh Neznansky.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett and Carlo Lucarelli.

    17/09/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Sun and Shadow' by Ake Edwardson and 'Punishment' by Anne Holt.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (471 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 948 authors (5313 titles with links to 798 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Elbur Ford and Jan Guillou.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Michael David Anthony and Hakan Nesser.

    10/09/06

  • Version 2 of Euro Crime has been rolled out.
  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's August roundup and a link to Karen Meek's review of 'Birds of a Feather' by Jacqueline Winspear, for overmydeadbody.com.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (468 sites) page has been updated and checked.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 946 authors (5306 titles with links to 792 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Jonathan Buckley, Andrea Canobbio, Doris Davidson, C J Emerson, Robert Goddard, Evelyn hervey, H R F Keating, Mark Lalbeharry, Frank Lean, Tim Philips, John Preston, Bethan Roberts, Peter Tremayne, Michael Walters, Kit Whitfield and Margaret Yorke.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Lin Anderson, Jo Bannister, Ken Bruen, John Dean, Angela Dracup, Alan Dunn, Clare Francis, John Francome, Seth Garner, Mark Gatiss, Christine Green, Declan Hughes, Bill James, Robert Lewis, Peter Lovesey, Stuart MacBride, Theresa Murphy, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Mike Ripley, John Paxton Sheriff, Roger Silverwood, Michelle Spring and Kate Westbrook.

    27/08/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Spider Trap' by Barry Maitland.

    20/08/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'A Season for the Dead' (audio book) by David Hewson.

    13/08/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil' by Christopher Brookmyre and 'City of Shadows' by Ariana Franklin. The 'Discussions' page has been updated.

    6/08/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Innocent' by Magdalen Nabb and 'Lang' by Kjell Westo.

    5/08/06 Euro Crime has it's own blog.

    30/07/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Priest of Evil' by Matti Joensuu and 'The Raft' by Alan Mills.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (469 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 930 authors (5132 titles with links to 755 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Lesley Cookman, Jane Jakeman, Katherine John, Mari Jungstedt and Lew Matthews.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Karin Alvtegen, Campbell Armstrong, Carla Banks, Mark Billingham, Paul/PC Docherty, John Harvey, Veronica Heley, Mandasue Heller, David Hewson, Joyce Holms, Lynda La Plante, Peter Lovesey, Barry Maitland, Peter May, Anne Perry, Alan Rustage, Sally Spedding, Sally Spencer and Fred Vargas.

    27/07/06 The 'Events' page has been updated.

    23/07/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Sun Storm' by Asa Larsson and 'Winter in Madrid' by C J Sansom.

    21/07/06 The 'Awards', 'News' and 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    9/07/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Night Bus' by Giampero Rigosi and 'The Beast' by Roslund-Hellstrom.

    3/07/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    2/07/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'A Stain on the Silence' by Andrew Taylor plus Carla McKay's June roundup. The 'news' and 'awards' pages have been updated.

    28/06/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Excursion to Tindari' by Andrea Camilleri and 'Dead Horsemeat' by Dominique Manotti.

    25/06/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Blood Red Roses' by Lin Anderson and 'Borkmann's Point' by Hakan Nesser.

    18/06/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Never End' by Ake Edwardson, 'The Bomber' by Liza Marklund (audio) and 'The Writing on the Wall' by Gunnar Staalesen.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (461 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 925 authors (5097 titles with links to 726 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Andrew Britton, Marten Claridge, Toby Clements, Elizabeth Corley, Ronnie Hewitt, Peter Kerr, Josh Lanyon, William Meikle, Ian Pattison and Frank Schatzing.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: M C Beaton, Simon Brett, Ken Bruen, Paul Charles, John Connolly, Maragret Duffy, Carola Dunn, Roger Jon Ellory, Lauren Henderson, Hazel Holt, Quintin Jardine, Gene Kerrigan, Claire Kilroy, Douglas Lindsay, Nick Oldham, David Pirie, Jerry Raine, Simon Scarrow, Sally Spencer and June Thomson.

    13/06/06 The shortlist for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award has been added to the 'Awards' page.

    11/06/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Coroner's Lunch' by Colin Cotterill and 'A Thousand Lies' by Laura Wilson.

    10/06/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    04/06/06 A new 'Awards' page has been added, containing shortlists for the major CWA awards plus Barry and Gumshoe awards where European crime fiction is eligible. There's also a link to the European titles which may been considered for the 'translation' Dagger. The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Concrete Sea' by John Dalton and 'The Cipher Garden' by Martin Edwards.

    28/05/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'A Walk in the Dark' by Gianrico Carofiglio, 'Fever' by Friedrich Glauser and 'Shooting Elvis' by Stuart Pawson.

    20/05/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Perception of Death' by Louise Anderson (audio book), 'The Dying Wish' by Courttia Newland and 'Watch Me Disappear' by Jill Dawson.

    17/05/06

  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (459 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 915 authors (5059 titles with links to 706 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Michael Allen, David Ashton, Marcus Barr, E G Bartlett, Margot Bennett, Maisie Birmingham, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Michael Bradford, Simon Challis, Simon Conway, Bernard Cornwell, Terry Coy, Clemence Dane, Duncan Falconer, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Ray Hammond, A J Hartley, T M Jenkins, Matti Joensuu, Georg Klein, Patrick Lennon, Perihan Magden, Alan Mills, Courttia Newland, Sam North, Dennis Philips, Trisha Rainford, Ermanno Rea, Patrick Read and Kitty Sewell.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Ray Banks, Simon Beckett, Ingrid Black, John Brady, Andrea Camilleri, Massimo Carlotto, Ann Cleeves, Vena Cork, Lindsey Davis, Martin Edwards, John Francome, David Hewson, Michael Jecks, Paul Johnston, Christy Kenneally, Marianne Macdonald, Val McDermid, Margaret Murphy, Julie Parsons, Malcolm Pryce, Paul Southern, Cath Staincliff, Martin Stephen and Frank Tallis.

    14/05/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Darkness and Light' by John Harvey, 'City of Animals' by Alan Mills and 'Contact Zero' by David Wolstencroft.

    08/05/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    07/05/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Death of Achilles' by Boris Akunin and 'The Devil's Star' by Jo Nesbo.

    30/04/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Ice Moon' by Jan Costin Wagner.

    27/04/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Dying Light' by Stuart MacBride and Carla McKay's roundup for April.

    23/04/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Pig Island' by Mo Hayder.

    17/04/06

  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (440 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 885 authors (4970 titles with links to 681 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Paris Aristides, Matilde Asensi, Richard Ashton, Yves Bonavero, Ruth Downie, Alan Dunn, Tana French, Mia Gallagher, Clio Gray, Sophie Hannah, Doug Johnstone, Philip Kerr, Asa Larsson, Frederic Lenoir & Violette Cabesos, Giulio Leoni, John Matthews, David McKeowen, Sam Millar, Anne Morgellyn, Gerard Murphy, T S O'Rourke, Caro Ramsay and Paullina Simons. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Boris Akunin, Ken Bruen, Martina Cole, Dick Francis, Katy Gardner, Reginald Hill, Anne Holt, Bill James, Pamela Oldfield, Arturo Perez-Reverte, John Pilkington, Amy Pirnie, Helene Tursten, Louise Welsh and Kevin Wignall.
  • Greece has been added to the 'Books' page for a separate listing.

    16/04/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Footprints of the Devil' by Olive Etchells.

    11/04/06 The 'Links' and 'Discussions' pages have been updated. The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Cryptographer' by Tobias Hill (audio book).

    2/04/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    25/03/06

  • The 'Events' page is expanding to include appearances by individual crime authors as well as conventions and literary festivals.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (428 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 862 authors (4907 titles with links to 669 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Jack Barry, Maxine Barry, Pierre Bayard, Olivier Bleys, Karel Capek, Michael Cox, Elizabeth Darrell, Jose Luis de Juan, Pedro de Paz, Philippe Deleis, Seth Garner, Andre Gide, Claudia Gross, Richard Haley, Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Kevin I Jones, Jan Kjaerstad, Rachel V Knox, Pavel Kohout, James Lear, Geoffrey Lewis, Edward (AE) Marston, Keith Miles, Pierre Moinot, Viviane Moore, Akif Pirincci, C W Reed, Enrico Remmert, Pauline Rowson, Alan Rustage, Gillian Slovo, Sally Spencer, Patrick Suskind, M J trow, Sebastiano Vassalli, James Garcia Woods. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Jakob Arjouni, Judith Cutler, Leif Davidsen, David Stuart Davies, John Dean, PC/Paul Doherty, Kate Ellis, Raymond Haigh, Veronica Heley, Susan Hill, Arlene Hunt, Michael Litchfield, Barbara Nadel, Ann Purser, Roger Silverwood, Aline Templeton and Marilyn Todd.

    23/03/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Railway Detective' by Edward Marston (audio book).

    12/03/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Phoenix' by John Connor (audio book). The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    6/03/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Priest' by Ken Bruen.

    2/03/06

  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (417 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 826 authors (4740 titles with links to 652 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: William Ardin, Jakob Arjouni, Simon R Biggam, Nick Brooks, Conor Corderoy, Lewis Davies, Eilís Dillon, Aris Fioretos, Simon Hall, David Harrison, Andrew Holmes, Roberta Kray, Julia Kristeva, Maria Lang, James Lasdun, Karen Lowe, Tom Neale, Gerard Readett, Linda Regan, Barrie Roberts, Helen Shacklady, Javier Sierre, Douglas Skeggs, Pablo Tusset. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Boris Akunin, Niccolo Ammaniti, Vivien Armstrong, Sam Baker, Ray Banks, Alex Barclay, Ronan Bennett, Michael Bond, Gwendoline Butler, Jeremy Cameron, Barbara Cleverly, Colin Cotterill, Mat Coward, Clare Curzon, Matthew d'Ancona, Penelope Evans, Frances Fyfield, David Gibbins, Alex Gray, Peter Guttridge, Mick Herron, Anthony Horowitz, Lee Jackson, Stephen Leather, Pierre Magnan, Adrian Magson, Henning Mankell, Andrew Martin, Alexander McCall Smith, Adrian McKinty, Elisabeth McNeill, The Medieval Murderers, Mark Mills, Steve Mosby, Jo Nesbo, Chris Petit, Christine Poulson, Sheila Quigley, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Ben Richards, John Rickards, Phil Rickman, Jenny Roberts, David Roberts, Catherine Shaw, Stav Sherez, Jill Paton Walsh and Paul Watkins.

    26/02/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's reviews for February.

    24/02/06 Literature Festivals have been added to the 'Events' page.

    23/02/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Three Evangelists' by Fred Vargas.

    15/02/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Escaping Reality' by Geoff Nelder and 'A Grave Man' by David Roberts. The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    8/02/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    31/01/06 The 'Discussions' page has been updated for March and April 2006.

    29/01/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Grand Slam' (audio) by Susan Moody and 'Blood on the Saddle' by Rafael Reig.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (396 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 803 authors (4631 titles with links to 634 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Caroline Benton, Clare Clark, David Craig, Nick Drake, Joseph Geary, Anton Gill, Alan Glynn, Jason Goodwin , Jo-Ann Goodwin, Tim Goodwin, Michael Gregorio, John Harvey, Christoph Hein, Bill James, Laurent Joffrin, Paul Kilduff, Danny King, Alanna Knight, Bernard Knight, Roberta Kray, Lynda La Plante, Peter Lear, Danny Leigh, Peter Lovesey, Peter MacAlan, Brian Martin, Dreda Say Mitchell, Susan Moody, Keith Moray, Roger Morris, Pat Mullan, John Nichol, Saskia Noort, Gareth O'Callaghan, R T Raichev, Michael Symmons Roberts, Graeme Roe, Jane Stevenson, Leonie Swann and James Tucker. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Jane Adams, Pauline Bell, Tonino Benacquista, Victoria Blake, Stephen Booth, Rhys Bowen, John Boyne, Fiona Buckley, Gianrico Carofiglio, Maureen Carter, Caroline Carver, Marion Chesney, Alys Clare, Chris Collett, John Connor, Brian Cooper, Brian Eastman, Ake Edwardston, Geradine Evans, Friedrich Glauser, Ann Granger, Chris Haslam, Veronica Heley, Hellstrom & Roslund, Peter Helton, Jane Hill, Arnaldur Indridason, Michael Jecks, Jim Kelly, Simon Kernick, Faith Martin, Glenn Meade, Andrew Nugent, Rafael Reig, Ruth Rendell, Michael Ridpath, Liz/Elizabeth Rigbey, Peter Robinson, Michael Robothan, Rosemary Rowe, John Paxton Sheriff, Chris Spindler & Karen Wiesner, Lndon Stacey, Stella Whitelaw, Jacqueline Winspear and Simon Wood.

    13/01/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated a review of 'The Fifth Woman' (audio) by Henning Mankell.

    12/01/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Euro Crime contributors favourite reads from 2005.

    8/01/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    1/01/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    28/12/05 The 'Discussions' page has been updated.

    21/12/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Water Room' (audio) by Christopher Fowler and 'Just a Corpse at Twilight' (audio) by Janwillem van de Wetering.

    17/12/05 The 'Authors' (353 sites) page has been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 763 authors (4318 titles with links to 602 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Frank Barnard, Simon Beckett, Eleanor Berry, Benjamin Black, Pamela Branch, Kjell Eriksson, Nick Fletcher, Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett, June Hampson, Rebecca Jenkins, Christian Jungersen, Barry Laden, Alex Scarrow, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Georges Simenon, Benjamin Tammuz, Malcolm Torrie and Pip Vaughan-Hughes. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Kate Atkinson, John Brady, Christopher Brookmyre, Andrea Camilleri, Iris Collier, Kate Ellis, Joanne Harris, Peter James, Carlo Lucarelli, Val McDermid, Craig Russell, Bernhard Schlink, Kate Sedley, Chris Simms, Minette Walters and Charlie Williams. The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    14/12/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    25/11/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's reviews for November. Radio shows with a crime basis have been added to 'Events'. 'Discussions' page has been updated for December and January.

    24/11/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    16/11/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated. The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Seeking Whom He May Devour' by Fred Vargas.

    8/11/05 The 'Conventions' page has been renamed 'Events' and now includes Crime/Mystery plays on in London.

    6/11/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated. Crime Fiction Reading Groups list has been extended on the 'Links' page.

    27/10/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Never Somewhere Else' by Alex Gray.

    20/10/05 The 'Authors' (346 sites) page has been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 745 authors (4088 titles with links to 579 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Neil Astley, Gerard Beine, Tony Broadbent, Gretta Curran Browne, John Burns, Colin Campbell, Tony Cornberg, Martin Davies, Dick Donovan, Bruce Durie, Des Ekin, J J Fiechter, Maggie Gibson, Sarah Harrison, David Huggins, Thierry Jonquet, Christy Kenneally, David M Kiely, Max Leins, Estelle Monbrun, Jo Nesbo, Victor O'Reilly, Andy Oakes, Orhan Pamuk, Andrew Pepper, Leo Perutz, Jack Ripley, Mike Ripley, Howard Shaw, Christopher Wakling, Kate Westbrook and Felicity Young. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Margaret Astbury, Simon Brett, Ken Bruen, Martina Cole, Natasha Cooper, Joolz Denby, Jasper Fforde, Susanna Gregory, Tom Harper, Mo Hayder, C C Humphreys, Quintin Jardine, Joan Lock, Stuart MacBride, Keith McCarthy, Cormac Millar, Barbara Nadel, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Anne Perry, Nicholas Royle, Zoe Sharp, Frank Tallis, Guy Walters and Francesca Weisman.

    17/10/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    11/10/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    28/09/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Weaving Shadows' by Margaret Murphy.

    26/09/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Snow is Silent' by Benjamin Prado.

    21/09/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated. The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'River Deep' by Priscilla Masters.

    9/09/05

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Advocate' by Marcello Fois.
  • The 'Authors' (328 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 714 authors (3984 titles with links to 553 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Didier Daeninckx, Jack Dickson, Nicolas Freeling, Edward Grierson, Trevor Hoyle, Peter Inchbald, Martin Inigo, Serge Joncour, Michael Judge, Juris Jurevics, Valerie Kershaw, Douglas Lindsay, Dacia Maraini, David Mason, Murray Smith, Jan Costin Wagner and Georgina Wroe. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Conrad Allen, Jo Bannister, Colin Bateman, Anna Blundy, Massimo Carlotto, Vena Crok, John Dean, David Dickinson, Ben Elton, John Francombe, Raymond Haigh, Chris Haslam, Eric Leclere, Michael Litchfield, Clare Littleford, Sara MacDonald, Paul McAuley, Alexander McCall Smith, Jane McLoughlin, Catriona MacPherson, Denise Mina, Hilary Norman, Stuart Pawson, Jenny Pitman, Carmen Posadas, Betty Rowlands, Roger Silverwood, Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler, Andrew Taylor, Marilyn Todd, Rebecca Tope, Martyn Waites and David Wolstencroft.

    8/09/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    31/08/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    21/08/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'After the Armistice Ball' by Catriona McPherson.

    19/08/05 All the links on the 'Authors' (now 323 sites) page have been checked and updated as required.

    18/08/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    14/08/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Love Lies Bleeding' by Geraldine Evans.

    10/08/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    3/08/05 The 'Authors' (318 sites) page has been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 699 authors (3870 titles with links to 529 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Sam Baker, June Barraclough, Marcel Beyer, Sam Bourne, Lesley Campbell, Joan Coggin, Conor Cregan, Gavin Esler, Frances Ferguson, Lesley Grant-Adamson, Richard Greensted, D M Greenwood, Elizabeth Ironside, James McGee, William McIlvanney, Sheila Radley, Rafael Reig, Will Rhode, Hester Rowan and Clark Smith. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : M C Beaton, Paul Carson, Lee Child, Linda Davies, John Fullerton, Mandasue Heller, Tim Krabbe, Joan Lock, Janet Neel, Julie Parsons, Sarah Rayne, John Rickards, Phil Rickman, Andrew Taylor, Edwin Thomas, Sue Walker and R D Wingfield.

    31/07/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    28/07/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Involuntary Witness' by Gianrico Carofiglio and 'Ripe for Revenge' by Janie Bolitho.

    27/07/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    25/07/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Dead Reckoning' by Jenny Roberts.

    18/07/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    14/07/05 The 'Discussions' and 'Links' pages have been updated with details about the 'Oz Mystery Readers' Yahoo group and it's discussion schedule.

    13/07/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated.

    11/07/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    29/06/05 The 'Reviews' page, 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (310 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 679 authors (3771 titles with links to 516 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Paul Carroll, Malcolm Forsythe, David Gibbins, Michael Jecks, Gene Kerrigan, Tanith Lee, Robert Lewis, Wu Ming, Amy Pirnie and Tamar Yellin. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Meg Elizabeth Atkins, Jo Bannister, Robert Barnard, David Bowker, Louise Brindley, Judith Cutler, Paul Doherty, Carola Dunn, Brian Eastman, Olive Etchells, Christopher Fowler, Frances Fyfield, Christine Green, Patricia Hall, Joanna Hines, Deryn Lake, Petros Markaris, Priscilla Masters, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, John Pilkington, Catherine Sampson, C J Sansom and Megan Stark.

    25/06/05 Made a number of additions to the master database so have updated the 'New Releases' pages again.

    23/06/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated.

    22/06/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    25/05/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated.

    24/05/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (304 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 669 authors (3713 titles with links to 495 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: John Burnside, Stanley Casson, Colin Cotterill, Glyn Daniel, Murray Davies, Luca di Fulvio, David Hewson, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Chris Kelly, Nigel McCrery, Glenn Meade, Stella Phillips, Giampiero Rigosi, Kate Sedley, Simon Shaw, Lisa Shepherd, Dorothy Simpson, Veronica Stallwood, Jill Paton Walsh and Guy Walters. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Tonino Benacquista, Chaz Brenchley, PF Chisholm, Ann Cleeves, Marjorie Eccles, Martin Edwards, Geraldine Evans, Jane Finnis, Eugenio Fuentes, Margaret Murphy, Michael Robotham and Kjell Westo.

    13/05/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (301 sites) pages have been updated.

    22/04/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (300 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 649 authors (3597 titles with links to 475 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Tessa Barclay, Bob Bibby, Pat Burden, Michael Cordy, Mat Coward, John Dean, Pierre Frei, Philip Gooden, Richard Gwyn, Steve Haywood, M M Kaye, Walter Keady, Austin Lee, Claire Lorrimer, Adrian Mathews, Andrew Nugent, Robert T Price, Andrew Puckett, Michael Ridpath, Margaret Ryding, John Paxton Sheriff, Martin Sixsmith, Joanna Trevor, Cathi Unsworth and Nicola Williams. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Paul Adam, Jane Adams, Conrad Allen, Liz Allen, Lin Anderson, Louise Anderson, Vivien Armstrong, Lindsay Ashford, Jo Bannister, MC Beaton, Rhys Bowen, John Burdett, Caroline Carver, Barbara Cleverly, John Connor, Natasha Cooper, Charles Cumming, Judith Cutler, David Stuart Davies, Philip Davison, PC/Paul Doherty, Angela Dracup, Liz Evans, Tom Harper, Veronica Heley, Lesley Horton, Lee Jackson, P D James, Andrey Kurkov, Henning Mankell, Liza Marklund, Faith Martin, Anthony McGowan, Barbara Nadel, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Henry Porter, Malcolm Pryce, Ann Purser, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Stella Rimington, David Roberts, Denise Ryan, Simon Scarrow, Zoe Sharp, Roger Silverwood, Chris Simms, Rebecca Tope, Minette Walters, Stella Whitelaw and Jacqueline Winspear.

    15/04/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated.

    11/04/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Reviews' pages have been updated.

    25/03/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (295 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 624 authors (3457 titles with links to 466 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Hugh Collins, Mark Dawson, Cliff Don, Michel Faber, Rupert Holmes, Jenny Roberts, John B Spencer and Ilona Van Mil. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Iain McDowall and David Lawrence.

    16/03/05 I've added the Nottingham Central Library Reading group to the 'Links' page.

    13/03/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (290 sites) pages have been updated. 'New Releases' can now be ordered by Author or by Issue Month. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 616 authors (3437 titles with links to 459 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Dorothy Bowers, W J Burley, Katherine Farrer, Peter Helton, Catriona McPherson, Stel Pavlou and Benjamin Prado. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Catherine Aird, Pauline Bell, Freda Davies, Rod Duncan, Andrey Kurkov, Keith McCarthy and Philippa Morgan.

    13/02/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (285 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 609 authors (3391 titles with links to 450 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Dougie Brimson, Sean Burke, Garros & Edvokimov, Ivy Litvinov, Barbara Murphy, Anthony O'Neill, Nick Stone, James Twining, John L Ward and Paul Watkins. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Karin Alvtegen, Michael Dibdin, Alexander McCall Smith, Val McDermid and Martin O'Brien.

    8/02/05 I've added BM's discussion book for April to the 'Discussions' page.

    7/02/05 I've added a new page for 'New Releases' ie those books out in 2005 and on. This is to be refined to include month of issue. The author homepages lists 281 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 599 authors (3374 titles with links to 446 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Philippe Claudel, Olive Etchells, Susan Hepburn, Jane Hill, Christopher Lee, Jane McLoughlin, The Medieval Murderers, Martin O'Brien, Pamela Oldfield, Roslund-Hellstrom, Lyndon Stacey, Frank Tallis, Stefan Themerson and Robert Wilson. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Andrea Camilleri, Maureen Carter, Clare Curzon, Judith Cutler, Penny Deacon, Robert Edric, Alex Gray, Susanna Gregory, Hazel Holt, Graham Hurley, Deryn Lake, Eva-Marie Liffner, Adrian Magson, Val McDermid and Pat McIntosh.

    3/02/05 I've added 4MA's European discussion book for April to the 'Discussions' page.

    19/01/05 I've added a link to my Mystery Women review of 'Secret Smile' by Nicci French (audio)on the 'Reviews' page.

    12/01/05 I've added a link to my RTE review of 'A Detective at Death's Door' by HRF Keating on the 'Reviews' page. I've updated the discussion books for British Mysteries, on the 'Discussions' page. The author homepages lists 278 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 585 authors (3324 titles with links to 430 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Alan Judd, Hugh Laurie, Margot Livesey, Stuart MacBride, Magdalen Nabb and Craig Russell. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Victoria Blake, Marion Chesney, Lee Child, Susan Hill, Morag Joss and Charlie Williams.

    25/11/04 I've added a review of 'The Torso in the Town' by Simon Brett to the 'Reviews' page.

    23/11/04 The author homepages section is still at 277 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 579 authors (3297 titles with links to 412 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Maarten 'T Hart (only appears on the Holland page at the moment), Nicholas Griffin, Joanne Harris, Declan Hughes, Michael Litchfield and Zane Radcliff. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Chris Collett, John Dalton, Lindsey Davis, Roger Jon Ellory, Jasper Fforde, Barry Maitland and Marilyn Todd.

    18/11/04 I've added a link to my RTE review of 'Attraction' by James Manlow on the 'Reviews' page.

    16/11/04 I've added a review of 'Veil of Death' by Stella Whitelaw to the 'Reviews' page.

    1/11/04 I've updated the 'Discussions' page with the BAM book schedule.

    23/10/04 The author homepages section is now up to 277 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 573 authors (3277 titles with links to 394 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Carla Banks, Clare Curzon, P C/Paul Doherty, Marjorie Eccles, S T Haymon, Priscilla Masters, Linda Mather, Paolo Maurensig, Betty Rowlands and Juli Zeh. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Boris Akunin, David Dickinson, Friedrich Glauser and Georgie Hale.

    20/10/04 I've added a review of 'Dancing with the Uninvited Guest' by J Wallis Martin to the 'Reviews' page and also added links to two reviews on the Mystery Women site.

    12/10/04 I've added a couple more books to the 'Discussions' page and also added Left Coast Crime 2006 to the 'Conventions' page as it will be in Bristol!

    7/10/04 I've updated the 'Discussions' page and archived the discussion books lists from April to September on a separate page.

    6/10/04

  • I've added two new reviews to the review section : 'Power Games' by Judith Cutler and 'Dying for You' by Geraldine Evans.
  • The author homepages section is now up to 276 sites.
  • In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 563 authors (3132 titles with links to 383 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Gwendoline Butler, Maureen Carter, Mark Gatiss, Anne Perry and David Wolstencroft.

    17/09/04 The author homepages section is now up to 275 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 558 authors (3045 titles with links to 363 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: James Anderson, Bernard Bastable, Ronan Bennett, Bernie Crosthwaite, Denise Danks, Ben Elton, Dick Francis, John Francome, James Fraser, Antonia Fraser, Eugenio Fuentes, Mick Herron, Peter James, Simon Myles, Tracey Shellito, Jose Carlos Somoza and Jann Turner. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Robert Barnard, Colin Bateman, Stephen Booth, Nicci French, Reginald Hill, Quintin Jardine, Simon Kernick, Stephen Leather, Pierre Magnan, Michael Marshall, Adrian McKinty, Sheila Quigley, and Laura Wilson.

    08/09/04

  • I've added two new reviews to the review section : 'The Colombian Mule' by Massimo Carlotto and 'Deceptive Relations' by Annette Roome.
  • The author homepages section is now up to 262 sites.
  • In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 541 authors (2903 titles with links to 358 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Michael David Anthony, Kate Atkinson, Dorothy Cannell, Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini, JJ Connolly, Vena Cork, John Creed, Louise Doughty, Peter Dunant, Sarah Dunant, Ron Ellis, Robert Finn, Frances Fyfield, Frances Hegarty, Alexandra Henry, Judith Jones, Hector Macdonald, James Manlow, Philippa Morgan, Marina Oliver and Joan Smith. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new books) for M C Beaton, Carola Dunn, Penelope Evans, C C Humphreys, Quintin Jardine, Paul Johnston, Barbara Nadel, Louis Sanders, Catherine Shaw and Cath Staincliff.
  • There are now pseudonyms listed against the relevant authors. Not hyperlinked at this stage but hopefully one day. Bibliographies for the pseudonyms aren't necessarily present (yet) and I will delete those that aren't crime related.

    07/09/04 I've added three audio book suppliers to the 'Links' section.

    03/09/04 The author homepages section lists 249 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 521 authors (2817 titles with links to 347 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Robert Finn, Arlene Hunt, Tony Saint and Andrew Taylor. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new books) for Jane Jakeman and Barbara Vine.

    28/08/04 I've added the link to a new publisher, Snowbooks, in the Links section. They've recently published 'Adept' by Robert Finn.

    26/08/04 The author homepages section lists 239 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 517 authors (2783 titles with links to 340 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Steve Aylett, Veronica Black, Henning Boetius, Marius Brill, Stephen Burgen, Kate Charles, Agatha Christie, Judith Cutler, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeremy Dronfield, Christopher Fowler, Tim Heald, Thomas Hettche, P D James, Philip Jolowicz, Minette Marrin, Ellis Peters, Ruth Rendell, June Thomson, Janwillem Van de Wetering and Barbara Vine.

    20/08/04 The author homepages section stays at 224 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 496 authors (2446 titles with links to 323 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Sarah Lacey, Kay Mitchell, Jose Saramago and David Williams. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new books) for Paul Adam, Boris Akunin, Vivien Armstrong, Peter Robinson and Rebecca Rowe. There's now a page for Portuguese authors (again 1 so far). A link to 'Bullet Magazine' has been added to the links page. It's a short fiction noir magazine.

    19/08/04 I've updated the discussion page to include the 'British Mystery' reads for September and October.

    13/08/04 The author homepages section lists 224 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 492 authors (2407 titles with links to 320 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Lisa Appignanesi, Margaret Astbury, Jolyon Carr, Judith Cook, Matthew d'Ancona, Christophe Dufossé, Brian Eastman, Anthony Eglin, Jason Foss, Clare Francis, Patricia Grey, Tanya Jones, Pat McIntosh, Julie Parsons, John Pilkington, Jenny Pitman, Richard Pitman, Aline Templeton, Mark Timlin and Barbara Whitehead. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new books) for Jane Adams, Margaret Duffy, Christine Green, Patricia Hall, Veronica Heley, Joyce Holms, Graham Hurley, John Lawton, Fiona Mountain, Nick Oldham, Ann Purser, Sarah Rayne, C J Sansom and Sally Spedding. There's now a page for Polish authors (again 1 so far).

    8/08/04 I've added another mail order company, POST MORTEM BOOKS, to the shop section.

    7/08/04 The author homepages section lists 211 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 472 authors (2298 titles with links to 316 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Phil Andrews, Martyn Bedford, Nicholas Blincoe, David Bowker, John Boyne, Matthew Branton, Mark Burnell, Jeremy Cameron, Hugo Hamilton, Janet Harward, Philip Hook, Matti Joensuu, Alex Keegan, David Ralph Martin, Nichola McAuliffe, Rory McCormac, Marc Pye, Jerry Raine, Ben Richards, Kevin Sampson, Josef Skvorecky, Charles Spencer, Grant Stewart and Patricia Wentworth. I've updated the bibliographies for Kate Ellis, Geraldine Evans and Ann Granger. There's now a page for Czech authors (1 so far).

    5/08/04 I've added a mail order company called Macavity's to the shop section after picking up their leaflet at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. 4MA are discussing two European books in October. The next British Mysteries discussion books have been chosen and I'll add them once the schedule is decided.

    21/07/04 The author homepages section lists 207 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 448 authors (2149 titles with links to 315 reviews). In 'Books' I deleted a duplicate author and added bibliographies for the following: Margery Allingham, Philip Youngman Carter and Ngaio Marsh.

    18/07/04 The author homepages section has reached 205 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 446 authors (2077 titles with links to 312 reviews).

    13/07/04 The author homepages section is now 201 sites long. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 435 authors (2005 titles with links to 305 reviews).

    8/07/04 The author homepages section is up to 195 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 426 authors (1952 titles with links to 294 reviews).

    7/07/04 In 'Links' I've added a section for readers' groups and linked in an article on Erdington Library Crime Fiction Reading Group.

    1/07/04 The author homepages section now has 190 sites. In 'books' there are bibliographies for 417 authors (1933 titles with links to 291 reviews).

    28/06/04 A counter's been added to the site. A couple more publishers have been added ot the list (in Links).

    26/06/04 The author homepages section reaches 187 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 396 authors (1839 titles with links to 282 reviews) uploaded.

    24/06/04 The author homepages section creeps up to 165 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 383 authors (1813 titles with links to 282 reviews) uploaded. There are now 3 categories in the author homepages list : Classic, Contemporary and Groups (eg The Murder Squad).

    15/06/04 The author homepages section now runs to 162 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 366 authors (1723 titles with links to 274 reviews) uploaded.

    11/06/04 The author homepages section now lists 156 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 346 authors (1632 titles, links to 264 reviews) uploaded.

    25/05/04 The author homepages section has been extended to 155 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 335 authors (1612 titles, links to 261 reviews) uploaded.

    18/05/04 Haved added a new page for 'News'. The author homepages section has been extended to 153 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 323 authors (1497 titles, links to 252 reviews) uploaded.

    13/05/04 Haved added a couple more Countries to the Books page. The author homepages section - Authors - has been extended to 146 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 316 authors (1468 titles, links to 217 reviews) uploaded.

    11/05/04 The 'Links' page has been updated with a few more publishers and the link to 'Sherlock' magazine. Now have bibliographies for a total of 308 authors (1423 titles, links to 215 reviews) uploaded.

    10/05/04 A new page for Swiss authors has been added to the 'Books' section.

    27/04/04 A list of discussion books by month has now been added - see 'Discussions' page.

    5/04/04 Now have bibliographies for a total of 285 authors (1239 titles, links to 184 reviews) uploaded.

    7/03/04 Now have bibliographies for a total of 262 authors (1160 titles, links to 175 reviews) uploaded.

    8/02/04 Slight hiatus due to family and work commitments - now have bibliographies for a total of 235 authors (1047 titles, links to 167 reviews) now uploaded. The dates for Crime Scene 2004 have been added to the Conventions page.

    22/01/04 Bibliographies for a total of 206 authors (913 titles, links to 151 reviews) now uploaded. Author homepages have been added to the bibliographies - accessible by clicking on the author name. Separate lists for authors from non UK European countries have been added to the 'Books' page.

    09/01/04 Bibliographies for a total of 122 authors now uploaded. Yahoo group Women in Mystery are due to begin discussing The Dark Room by Minette Walters.

    05/01/04 Bibliographies for a total of 98 authors now uploaded.

    01/01/04 Yahoo group British Mysteries will be discussing The White Trilogy by Ken Bruen from today. Bibliographies for 10% of the authors I've identified have now been uploaded.

    31/12/03 'Updates' page added to the website. Two more shops have been added to the Shops page and a list of Publisher pages has been added to the Links page. Bibliographies for selected authors to be uploaded for A-Z in the next few days. Yahoo group 4MA will be discussing The Water Clock by Jim Kelly from the 3rd of January.







    last updated 16/08/2008 15:07