I’m not surprised to read that Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Dennis Lehane ’s ShUtter iSlaNd is his biggest worldwide commercial hit to d...

Congratulations! The Book Prize for Fiction has been awarded to Lesley Thomson for her crime novel A Kind of Vanishing . The result of ...

As many of us are recovering from the wonderful Theakstons’ Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival at Harrogate; I am delighted to learn that ...

SHERLOCK Regulars at Sherlock Holmes Society get-togethers may have thrown their deerstalkers on the ground and cursed loudly at news of the...

And the 2010 Theakstons Old Peculier Award goes to..... R J Ellory with his novel A Simple Act of Violence . The winner was decided by comb...

The Shots Editors, Mike Stotter and Ali Karim were kindly invited to lunch thanks to MIDAS PR and MIRA Books to celebrate the launch of Paul...

A bit late but nevertheless important! The 2010 ITW Thriller Awards have been announced. The winners were announced on July 10 during the 5...

The evening of Thursday 15 July was the date for the 2010 Bodies in the Bookshop organised by the brilliant Richard Reynolds at Heffers Book...

Mexican author Juan Hernandez Luna, who twice won the Dashiell Hammett crime-novel prize for his books has died of kidney failure. He won t...

Last year, I listened to Hollywood screenwriter Daniel Depp [Johnny Depp’s half brother] at the Theakstons Old Peculiar Harrogate Crime-Wri...

Thriller writer Gayle Lynds believes that one should not make fun of villains. During the Craftfest portion of Thrillerfest 2010, novelist ...

The Shots Gang are very happy when one of our contributors breaks out, which is exactly what Journalist Tony Black has done with his pitch...

The shortlist for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year has been announced. The authors to make the shortlist are – In the Da...

According to Galleycat – Karin Slaughter has agreed a deal to option her Martin Misunderstood novella into a film. Martin Misunderstood ...

Dates for your diary - Launch parties at 6.30pm: July 9th: Emily Winslow’s debut Cambridge-set mystery features American students Polly an...