The Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel ContestMultiple CWA Dagger winner Peter Lovesey (including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2000) is launching a competition for new authors, along with his publisher, Soho Press. It is open to the world. A...
The ‘other’ Golden Age Knitting Sleuth – Alice K. Boatwright on Miss SilverIn December 1927, the world’s most famous knitting detective made her first appearance in the pages of The Royal Magazine. Dressed in Victorian black brocade and lace mittens, Miss Jane Marple knitted...
How to start your novel – a step-by-step guide by Cal MoriartyWe at the CRA know that many of our readers also dream of one day, themselves, being writers. Our sister organisation, the CWA, offers you an opportunity to submit your fledgling novel for the Debut D...
Case Files 41Case Files issue 41 – out soon! Case Files is an ezine that profiles new or forthcoming novels from members of the Crime Writers’ Association. Subscribing is free – and it lets you discover whic...
Domestic Noir – crime that’s close to home by Alice CastleDomestic noir is not new. Ever since the first performance of Medea in 431 BC, or Mrs Bluebeard’s first peek into that forbidden chamber, women have been confronting horrible truths close to home. The...
Daggers announced in glittering gala dinner eveningM.W. Craven has won the CWA Gold Dagger for his novel The Puppet Show. The Daggers, which were announced (24 October) at a glittering awards ceremony at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, London, are regarded...
The Inaugural Capital Crime Event by Ali KarimIt was a brave decision for thriller writer Adam Hamdy and his partner the literary agent David Headley (and bookseller) to start a new convention (Capital Crime) showcasing the crime and thriller gen...
Bloody Scotland on a Desert Island, by Caro RamsayIt was the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival one weekend in September. The sun shone, the torchlight parade down from the castle was spectacular. The winner of the McIlvanney Prize Manda Scott s...
Morecambe and Vice Crime Writing Festival Brought Me Sunshine, by Rachel SargeantEver thought of going to a crime fiction festival but not really sure what to expect? I felt the same, and given my tendency to shyness, I couldn’t imagine plucking up the courage to attend one. That...
Back where I started – well, almost, by Pauline RowsonDeath in the Cove is my twentieth crime novel and the first historical mystery I have written. My other nineteen crime novels being contemporary with fourteen featuring my rugged and flawed detective,...
The Man That Got Away by Lynne TrussThe latest comic caper from Lynne Truss is The Man That Got Away. It is July 1957 in Brighton, and the smartly dressed Brighton Belles parade along the promenade answering questions from holiday-maker...
The Art of Deception by Patrick GoochIn 1990, Time magazine reported that, in his lifetime, Camille Corot painted some eight hundred canvases, four thousand of which are to be found in the United States. So, how many fake Corots are ther...
Case Files 40Case Files issue 40 – out soon! Case Files is an ezine that profiles new or forthcoming novels from members of the Crime Writers’ Association. Subscribing is free – and it lets you discover whic...
Made-Up Noir: Writing a place that only you know, by Paul GitshamHow important is a sense of place? It’s a question that many writers have pondered. Should you set your novel in a real place or invent a fictional setting? Many writers choose to use a real-world loc...
Wales as a Setting for Crime Fiction by Cathy Ace“It’s not all rugby, sheep and singing…” was the title used for a panel in which I participated at this year’s CrimeFest convention (held in Bristol in May) and it’s certainly true that not all crime...
The Exphoria Code by Antony JohnstonNew Spies. New Rules. From the Creator of Atomic Blonde! MI6 cyber-analyst Brigitte Sharp has spent three years deskbound and in therapy, traumatised after her very first field op went badly wrong and...
CWA Dagger Shortlists 2019 AnnouncedThe author behind one of the biggest shows on TV, a world renowned forensic anthropologist and the son of ‘the godfather of tartan noir’ have been shortlisted for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards. Th...
Farewell Andrea Camilleri and Thank You, by CWA International Dagger Judge Ruth MorseWith the inauguration of what in 2006 became the International Dagger, the CWA took great care to get things right, especially since there had been a ruckus about books in translation. This matters be...
Case Files 39Case Files issue 39 – out soon! Case Files is an ezine that profiles new or forthcoming novels from members of the Crime Writers’ Association. Subscribing is free – and it let’...
The Inspiration Behind New Penguin Suspense ‘I Looked Away’ by Jane CorryFifty-eight years ago, I witnessed the near-death of my mother in an horrific fire-related accident on holiday in Cornwall. I remember each detail as clearly as if it happened yesterday. But when she...
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