The fourth series of The Bridge  is finally airing on BBC 2, so I figured this would be a good time to review it. The other day, flicking th...

Oxfam in Norwich has a nice selection of old Penguins, and my eye always goes directly to the green ones. You probably don’t need me to tel...

When I purchased No Man's Nightingale (2013) from a 3-for-£5 bin, I had no idea it was the final Inspector Wexford novel. I found myself...

This review also appears on the International Crime Fiction Association blog . Intellect describes its series  Fan Phenomena  as being ‘p...

Each of these texts is one I wanted to devote a whole post to, but, unfortunately, time and energy are not on my side. On Her Majesty'...

Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal (1907) by Roy Horniman . The inspiration for Kind Hearts and Coronets  (one of the greatest fil...

I enjoy Henry Carstairs’ mystery novels immensely, although I wouldn’t recommend them to many people. This is because, objectively, there’s...