EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL Authors appear to fall peculiarly in love with (and sometimes at) the Edinburgh International Book Fes...

Okay, it's been a fortnight since I got back from New York so why haven't I posted? It's been one hell of a roller coaster ride...

This will be the last blog I will file before heading off to New York for the second Internationl Thriller Writers convention, aka ThrillerF...

The subject of book awards has always been a sore subject one for crime writers, many of whom have long nursed grudges against the bigger li...

Books fly off the shelves after getting picked for the Summer Read for the Richard and Judy Book Club , with some titles experiencing a 3000...

R.I.P. Jill McGowan (9 August 1947- 6 April 2007) Scottish born Jill McGowan was the author of the police procedural series featuring Chief ...

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde – Saturday 16 June, 9.55pm, BBC Four A notorious Edinburgh warlock, who led a double life as ...

Shamus Award Winner Edward Wright's new crime book is called DAMNATION FALLS, in which a disgraced Chicago newspaper columnist agrees to...

Last night (5th June)The Crime Writers’ Association announced the shortlists for this year’s Daggers - the prestigious awards that celebrate...

Just when you thought that Richard and Judy (UK TV presenters) Book Club was one of the most powerful selling tools in the UK; along comes T...

Film rights to James Sallis's six Lew Griffin crime novels (Long-Legged Fly, Moth, Black Hornet, Eye Of The Cricket, Bluebottle, Ghost O...

Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin, creator of the acclaimed Inspector Rebus series, said on Monday (28th My) his hard-drinking detective hero...

ORGANISERS of the Essex Book Festival proudly announced this week that award winning crime writer Mike ‘The Ripster’ Ripley will be the new ...

DEALS One-time muse to fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, Sara Stockbridge's HAMMER, set in 1880s Whitechapel, the story of a matriarch...

Anthony Cheetham, Chairman of Quercus Publishing Plc, announced today that the company has concluded a two book agreement with Stella Riming...