Michael Crichton, author of more than a dozen best-sellers including "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain," has die...

It was third time lucky for Laura Wilson has she picked up the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award 2008 for her novel Stratton’s War (Or...

by Ali Karim One the most difficult conversations I had du ring Bouchercon Baltimore last month was with US novelist Louise Ure. We too...

As promised I have to round up what happened on Saturday and Sunday in one post. So many things were happening that I was not able to send a...

The author of Gomorrah , the book about the Naples gang wars that was turned into a prize-winning film, could be dead by Christmas along wi...

There seems to be a run of film options of late. Leading the pack is Ken Bruen . Magma Films has optioned Ken’s Jack Taylor novel THE GUARDS...

As I reported yesterday, the favourite Aravind Adiga has won this year's Man Booker Prize with his debut novel The White Tiger. The 33...

With Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 now out of the running, Louise Doherty, one of the judges of this year's Man Booker Prize has launched...

Ayo's daily report from Bouchercon 2008: The best thing about Bouchercon is the fact that such unusual things happen. Like Friday for e...

Ruth & Jennifer Jordan I am constantly been told that there is an extra buzz about Bouchercon this year and I can believe it. The book ...

JOHN HARVEY & THALIA PROCTOR The panels have started today. The first panels being at 8:30 am. Despite the early start the panels have...

Part 2 of Ayo Onatade's report from Bouchercon 2008 Bouchercon has certainly started! The hotel has slowly started to fill up and vario...

Here's a first for the Shots Blog. We have Ayo Onatade in Baltimore, USA attending Bouchercon 2008 and she will be sending in a report a...

S OLVED : WHOWONIT? Bourne, Ian Rankin, Colin Dexter & The Wire Celebrate Wins at Inaugural Awards The Ballroom of the Grosvenor Hotel...

Hot off the press from the British Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) comes the shortlist for 2008 Ellis Peters Historical Award . Here are al...