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Mick Herron

Book Review: Vintage Crime edited by Martin Edwards

By Doreen Sheridan

August 14, 2020

The Crime Writers Association is a venerable society founded in 1953 to support, promote, and celebrate the overarching crime genre. While based in the UK, it also has many members from other nations. It is perhaps best known nowadays for awarding the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, honoring the year’s best crime writing. Since 1956, the…

Book Review: Joe Country by Mick Herron

By Larry Clow

June 13, 2019

Joe Country by Mick Herron is the sixth book in the Slough House espionage series. Though home to MI5’s least wanted, Slough House—the setting for Mick Herron’s ongoing series about unlikely spymaster Jackson Lamb and his menagerie of disgraced agents—is not without its secrets. In Herron’s sixth novel in the series, Joe Country, those secrets…

Announcing 2018’s Barry Award Nominees

By Crime HQ

January 23, 2018

The Barry Awards, which began in 1997, are presented at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. Voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures, the award is named in honor of Barry Gardner, a well-known fan reviewer and American critic. This year's awards will be held on September 6, 2018, at the St. Petersburg Bouchercon…

Announcing the 2017 Macavity Awards Nominees

By Crime HQ

July 5, 2017

The Mystery Readers International have announced the nominees for the 2017 Macavity Awards. The Macavity Award—named for the “mystery cat” of T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats—is an annual award celebrating the year's best in the mystery genre. 

Fresh Meat: Nobody Walks by Mick Herron

By Doreen Sheridan

February 15, 2015

Nobody Walks by Mick Herron is set in the same fictional London as his Slough House series, and now introduces Tom Bettany, an ex-spook with a violent past and only one thing to live for one thing — avenging his son’s death (available February 17, 2015). The news had come hundreds of miles to sit…

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2013 CWA Dagger Award Winners

By Crime HQ

November 14, 2013

Back in September we were thrilled to announce the nominees and some of the winners of the 2013 Dagger Awards. Now, we're proud to share the remaining results from the Crime Writer's Association. Congratulations to all the winners!     CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger Belinda Bauer – Rubbernecker Lauren Beukes – The Shining Girls Mick…

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Nominees and Winners of the 2013 CWA Dagger Awards!

By Crime HQ

September 27, 2013

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…

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