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Tumblin’ Dice
Written by John McFetridge – In music, I like bands and singers who explore not only different themes and styles, but also try different sounds and voices. Same with writers. As some of them will tell you, everything has been said already, you just need to take a new approach, keep things fresh, and tell[...]
A classic revisited: The Postman Always Rings Twice
This classic novel by James Cain is full of flawed people, violence, lurid sex, bad choices and doomed people. It’s one of the earliest examples of noir and a book that was both successful and notorious when it was published in 1934. Despite its age, The Postman Always Rings Twice still holds up and is[...]
Interview: Ian Ayris
This week marks the official release of the astounding debut novel Abide With Me by Ian Ayris. We reviewed it a little while ago, but to celebrate its release publisher Caffeine Nights has reduced the price of the book to just 77p on Kindle. So, I decided to catch up with London author Ian Ayris[...]
Driven
Written by James Sallis – This is the sequel to Drive and follows hot on the heels of the movie adaptation of that 2005 book, which was directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starred Ryan Gosling. Both a tribute to 80s heist movies such as LA Takedown and an ultra-cool urban Western, it was my[...]
The Thief
Written by Fuminori Nakamura –The Kenzaburō Ōe Prize is regarded as one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards, even though it has only been around since 2006. The winner doesn’t get a cash prize, rather the honour of having their novel translated into other languages. In 2010, Nakamura was the recipient of the award for[...]
Interview: Paul D Brazill
A day or two ago Paul D Brazill’s latest collection of short stories, Snapshots, arrived. This will be no surprise to many followers of the short crime and flash fiction scene. The author’s gritty tales, scrawled in blood, puke and God knows what else, have been catching the imagination of those who enjoy the darkest[...]
The Late Greats
Written by Nick Quantrill — We first met Nick Quantrill during our New Talent November theme month here on Crime Fiction Lover last year. Following his highly acclaimed debut novel Broken Dreams he’s now released its sequel, The Late Greats, which marks the return of Joe Geraghty, the ex-rugby player turned private investigator from Hull.[...]
Lumen
Written by Ben Pastor – Lumen was first released in Italy back in 1999, and Ben Pastor is the nom de plume of the university academic better known to her students as Maria Verbena Volpi. This is the first novel in her Martin Bora series, which is set during World War II and features a[...]
A Dark Redemption
Written by Stav Sherez — Unless you’ve been in solitary confinement for the last week you’ll be well aware of the campaign against Joseph Kony, leader of The Lords Resistance Army and recruiter of child soldiers – recruit as in kidnap children, force them to kill their families, then drag them into lives of murder,[...]
The Comedy is Finished
Written by Donald E Westlake – Completed in the early 1980s, the manuscript for The Comedy is Finished was apparently put to one side by Westlake who feared it was too similar to Scorsese’s The King of Comedy. Discovered after his death by writer Max Allan Collins and published in a beautiful hardcover edition by[...]
Phantom
Written by Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett – If you’ve read Stieg Larsson’s dragon tattoo books and want more of that nordic noir then Jo Nesbo is just the thing, though you might find his work darker, and more dramatic. Phantom is his seventh novel about Oslo detective Harry Hole. Tall, thin, rugged and[...]
Scottish crime fiction: writers to watch
There seems to be a rumbling in the north, a growing presence of criminal writing from Scotland. Following in the footsteps of two of the UK’s most successful writers – Ian Rankin and Val McDermid – Scottish crime authors are in vogue at the moment, with more and more books by Scots hitting the shelves.[...]
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