The International Thriller Writers [ITW] are proud to announce the finalists for the 2010 Thriller Awards – Congratulations to the Nominated...

Crime Writer Adrian Magson emailed Shots Ezine recently about a change in the direction of his writing, so I asked him to let Shots know wh...

Some news worthy bits of information – Left Coast Crime has come and gone and some awards were given out in the process. They are as follow...

On Thursday 18 March the Swedish Ambassador Staffan Carlsson played host to a wide range of crime fiction reviews, authors and other dignita...

Website to help celebrate crime writing week The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has created a new website to promote National Crime Fictio...

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...