In spring, is there anywhere more seductive than France? In case you're itching for some armchair travel, here are links with something to fill any francophile crime fan with joie de vivre: Looking for a simply huge list of reading recommendations? From different styles and eras, here's an assortment of thirty different books set in…
The Crime Writers’ Association announced the shortlists for the remaining three CWA 2013 Daggers. The winners will be announced October 24th, at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2013. The shortlisted authors are: Goldsboro Gold Dagger: Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Dead Lions by Mick Herron Rage Against…
I discovered Fred Vargas on the plane coming back from France. In real life she’s Frédérique Audouin-Rouzeau (Fred as the short form of her name, and Vargas from Ava Gardner’s character in The Barefoot Contessa), a French historian/archaeologist with many books to her credit, among them seven mysteries featuring Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg. Six have been…
