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LoiteringWithIntent: the five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
In comparison to my fellow CFL contributors, I came to crime pretty late. No Famous Five, no Secret Seven. Although Roald Dahl covered some very dark territory – domestic violence, worldwide infanticide plots, elaborate tortures in a chocolate factory. So when I finally caught up, in my late teens, I gravitated to the big names,[...]
MarinaSofia: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
Like all children growing up in an English-speaking environment, I had my share of Famous Five and Secret Seven as a child, but I think I realised even back then that the carefree lifestyle depicted would not suit my own urban existence. Growing up in big cities, I was always attracted to the endless possibilities[...]
Jeremy Megraw: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
After reflecting on the diverting challenge by CFL to pick the top five books that got me hooked on crime fiction, I’ve found the stories that moved me most turned out to be ones that sought to subvert the genre in some way. My favourite crime titles include ones where the protagonist is neither a true detective[...]
The Shining Girls
Written by Lauren Beukes – Time travelling serial killers are like buses. You don’t see one for ages, then two come along at once. At the end of March we reviewed The Beauty of Murder by AK Benedict and found the time travel to be the frustrating element of the book. Now The Shining Girls[...]
Top 20 songs for crime fiction lovers
Many a contemporary crime fiction novel rocks along to a certain soundtrack – authors often use them to engage the reader a little more and bring in some touch points from modern culture to embellish their twisted plotlines. So we thought we’d put together a list of popular music for crime fiction lovers. These are[...]
DeathBecomesHer: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
I was indoctrinated into the world of crime from an early age – a statement which makes me sound like a member of the Kray clan, so perhaps I should rephrase it? What I’m trying to say is that crime is in my blood… oh dear, wrong message once again! Actually, I come from a[...]
Interview: David Mark
David Mark was a journalist for more than 15 years – many of them spent in Hull as crime reporter for the Yorkshire Post – before turning his hand to crime fiction. His debut novel, The Dark Winter, was a Richard and Judy Club pick and won plaudits from Val McDermid during New Talent November[...]
On World Book Night 2013, we recommend…
Tonight is World Book Night, a charity event promoting reading by giving out free books to underprivileged people in the UK, Ireland, America and Germany. We’re right behind that and encourage people to make donations to the cause at the WBN website. This year, WBN is giving out copies of 20 books in the British[...]
Sophie Hannah talks about World Book Night 2013
World Book Night is on Tuesday next week – 23 April. As the charity prepares to give out half a million copies of books from their list of 20 recommended titles across the UK and Ireland, we got in touch with Sophie Hannah, one of the only crime authors included on the WBN 2013 list,[...]
David Prestidge: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
As the most venerable of the CFL contributors I make no apologies that one or two of the books that got me hooked on crime fiction are – at least for modern readers – a little off the beaten track. My earliest reading memories are of those lantern-jawed (and wildly politically incorrect) heroes Bulldog Drummond[...]
Interview: David Khara
Formerly a copywriter and an entrepreneur, French author David Khara’s crime fiction career had a dream start. His first book wasn’t intended for publication, but found its way into an editor’s hands. His second book, The Bleiberg Project, is a thriller with links to World War II and has been a hit in France. On 30[...]
Spriteby: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
I’ve always enjoyed books with a sense of adventure about them, and whilst I did read Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven mysteries as a child, I was probably more interested in her Malory Towers books. My first real introduction came in my early teens with a broad diet of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Ngaio Marsh[...]
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