The End of the Wasp Season
Well the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is only two weeks away. Therefore the 2015 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Challenge (try saying that quickly after a couple of...
View ArticleThe facts of life and death (in Harrogate)
What do the following statements have in common: Patricia Highsmith used to breed snails and was so attached to them that when she moved to France she smuggled them in her bra. The north is better than...
View ArticleIf she did it by Jessica Treadway – a review
As I have mentioned many times before, one of the best things about the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is the abundance of new books and writers that are around. The goodie bag this...
View ArticleAn advancement of learning
This year at the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writers Festival Eddie Izzard was special guest. Whilst his link to crime writing might have been tenuous (he is friends with Mark Billingham and appears...
View ArticleThe hand that feeds you by AJ Rich – a review
This was one of the books I picked up at the festival earlier in the year and last week made it to the top of the TBR pile. The story begins with a rather gruesome discovery by main character Morgan. …...
View ArticleSorrow Bound by David Mark -a review
I first met David Mark in 2012 when he appeared in the New Blood panel. As I’ve often said if it’s good enough for Val McDermid then it’s good enough for me, and this was no exception. Since his first...
View ArticleThe Forty (nine) Steps
Back in the dim and distant time that was 2012 when I was but a much younger thing I set myself my first ever Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Challenge (TOPCWFC). In case you don’t know...
View ArticleNemesis
So with one week and two days left to go until the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival I thought I’d have a bit of a check where I am with the TOPCWFC 2016. I had high hopes this year. …...
View ArticleWhen the Music’s Over
Once again the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is over for another year. The whirlwind of books, authors, crime and intrigue has finished. The dead bodies have been scraped off the...
View ArticleEnd in tears (of sadness at the end of TOPCWF)
Going out bras, spot porn, fart jokes, and murder – it could only be The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing festival (TOPCWF for short) Yet again it was a superb weekend over in Harrogate, with an...
View ArticleTheakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year – new challenge
In the absence of a full TOPCWF this year, I thought I’d have a go at reading the full long list of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year as my challenge. Unfortunately I haven’t managed...
View ArticleLONGLIST REVEALED FOR UK’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS CRIME WRITING PRIZE THEAKSTON OLD...
I am delighted to be able to announce the longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Once again there are some fantastic novels some of which I’ve read already, some of which are...
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