Mark your diaries carefully for March 12th as two favourite novels of Shots Editors Mike Stotter and Ali Karim are revealed on the silver sc...

For any of you who are interested, here's the UK top best sellers as of 20th February - thanks to the BookSeller. 1. Gone Tomorrow - C...

2010 is shaping up to be a great year for Val McDermid . Not only is she being awarded the Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Associatio...

The Strand Magazine have announced its nominees for the 2009 Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Recognizing excellence in the field of myste...

According to the Bookseller Harper Collins have bought the book that inspired Agatha Christie to write her best-selling play The Mousetrap. ...

Dick Francis the author of over 42 novels set in the racing industry has died at his home in the Grand Cayman. A former jockey who rode 8 ...

Alexander McCall Smith has written a prequel to his successful Mma Ramotswe series. Entitled Precious and the Puggies it tells the story a...

JEFF BRIDGES As the Dude is up for a long overdue Oscar, just a reminder of how great an actor he has been in a number of crime and mystery ...

Waterstone’s found themselves in an awkward position recently when they suggested that Sawbones a thriller by Stuart MacBride would be suit...

As the release of the Swedish Version [with English subtitles] of ‘ The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ’ is fast approaching; Stieg Larsson’s n...

Sherlock Holmes It appears that the copyright issues surrounding the Sherlock Holmes books of the late Sir Arthur Conan is not that stra...

The nominations for Left Coast Crime have been announced and they are as follows:- The Lefty Award for Humorous Mystery: Swan for the Money...

There is an excellent obituary by Michael Carlson on Robert B Parker in the Guardian for Wednesday 20 January 2010. The article can be foun...

The Season of award nominations is here! Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce on the 201st anniversary of the birth of Edgar All...

Quercus his publishers in the United Kingdom and Putnam who were his US publishers. Putnam are due to publish a statement. Parker’s fi...