P.D. James on Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley is a brilliant new ‘sequel’ to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice – but one with a deadly twist. P. D. James shares her appreciation for Austen, and discusses the challenge of taking such a beloved work of fiction in a wholly unexpected direction…
Read More...An extract from Playing Dead, by Julia Heaberlin
A riveting debut novel from a thrilling new voice, Playing Dead is a mesmerizing story of family, identity, and secrets that can kill.
Read More...Diary of a Harrogate Virgin
Bookdagger’s Mike Stafford reflects on his experiences attending his first Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.
Read More...Listen to Catharine Arnold’s Underworld London Podcast
London’s crimes have changed over the centuries, both in method and execution. Underworld London traces these developments, from the highway robberies of the eighteenth century, made possible by the constant traffic of wealthy merchants in and out of the city, to the beatings, slashings and poisonings of the Victorian era.
Read More...The Martin Edwards Column: Private Eyes
Crime novelist, editor and commentator Martin Edwards celebrates the republishing of Ross Macdonald, and his great creation, Lew Archer.
Read More...An extract from Buried Prey, by John Sandford
When a whole block is torn down in central Minneapolis to make way for a new housing development, an unpleasant surprise is unearthed. The bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic, are discovered underneath an old house. It looks like they’ve been down there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long…
Read More...Recently on Bookdagger
Pierced
Posted On: July 23, 2012Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Faber
Watch an interview with Thomas Enger, author of Piereced, the follow-up to Burned – the acclaimed debut novel, featuring Henning Juul. Pierced is a stunning, emotionally charged slice of Nordic-Noir, out this month from Faber, and one of the titles to be won in our upcoming July competition.
Read More...Win a copy of the Bello Best of British Crime Omnibus
Posted On: July 22, 2012Posted In: Competitions
Publisher: The Booknoir Crew
Courtesy of Bello we have ten copies of their crime omnibus featuring Francis Durbridge, Andrw Garva and David Williams.
Read More...The Best of British Crime: David Williams
Posted On: July 21, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Bello Books
The Bello imprint is celebrating the depth and history of British crime writing with the launch of theBest of British Crime Omnibus at the Harrogate Crime Festival this week.
Read an extract from Prescription for Murder, by David Williams in the third of four articles on Bookdagger this week.
Read More...The Best of British Crime: Andrew Garve
Posted On: July 20, 2012Posted In: Articles, Extracts
Publisher: Bello Books
The Bello imprint is celebrating the depth and history of British crime writing with the launch of theBest of British Crime Omnibus at the Harrogate Crime Festival this week.
Read an extract from Murder in Moscow, by Andrew Garve in the second of four articles on Bookdagger this week.
Read More...The Best of British Crime: Francis Durbridge
Posted On: July 19, 2012Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Bello Books
The Bello imprint is celebrating the depth and history of British crime writing with the launch of theBest of British Crime Omnibus at the Harrogate Crime Festival this week.
Read an extract from A Game of Murder, by Francis Durbridge in the first of four articles on Bookdagger this week.
Read More...An interview with Christopher Radmann, author of Held Up
Posted On: July 18, 2012Posted In: Video
Publisher: Headline
Chris Radmann talks about his real life experiences in South Africa and the story behind a searingly powerful, heart-wrenching novel about a father whose daughter is abducted and his attempts to recover her in the face of police indifference.
Read More...An extract from Held Up, by Christopher Radmann
Posted On: July 16, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Headline
A searingly powerful, heart-wrenching novel set in South Africa about a father whose daughter is abducted and his attempts to recover her in the face of police indifference and a society where violence is increasingly a way of life.
Read More...An extract from The Dream Killer of Paris, by Fabrice Bourland
Posted On: July 13, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Gallic Books
In the autumn of 1934, a channel crossing to France takes a paranormal turn for private detective, Andrew Singleton, when he sees an extraordinary mirage and has an encounter with a lady in white.
Read More...An extract from The Chalk Girl, by Carol O’Connell
Posted On: July 11, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Headline
Carol O’Connell is one of the finest writers of contemporary thrillers, with her intoxicating mix of rich prose, resonant characters and knife-edge suspense. Read an extract from her latest Kathy Mallory thriller.
Read More...The Martin Edwards Column: The Christie Phenomenon
Posted On: July 9, 2012Posted In: The Martin Edwards Column
Publisher: The Booknoir Crew
Agatha Christie died in 1976, and it is an accepted fact in the world of publishing that authors’ sales tend to slump once they are no longer producing fresh work. Yet Christie is a startling exception to the general principle…
Read More...Can you hear The Whispers of Nemesis?
Posted On: June 27, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Bloomsbury
The Whispers of Nemesis is a story of desperate measures and long-kept secrets, of murder and immortality and of pride coming before the steepest of falls.
Read More...The June Competition [closed]
Posted On: June 25, 2012Posted In: Competitions
Publisher: The Booknoir Crew
A cosmopolitan blend of deadly crime fiction this month, set in Glasgow, Northern Greece, Baghdad, France and Derby, there are five titles for each of the three winners!
Read More...No Mean City…
Posted On: June 22, 2012Posted In: Articles, Interviews
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Craig Robertson, author of Cold grave finds Glasgow – the ‘No Mean City’ – a dark and deadly inspiration…
Read More...An extract from Deity
Posted On: June 20, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: mathew
Read an extract from the brilliant new serial killer thriller from a hugely talented British author to rival the best from Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson.
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