http://www.killerreads.com A Summer of Crime Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:09:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Once again, Hangman is in the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series, the 19th novel with them I believe. In it, Decker is dealing with some very grisly murders that culminate into some very shocking discoveries... The call comes in - a ghastly murder centered around a young woman hanging from the rafters ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/faye-kellerman-on-her-stunning-new-novel-hangman/ The BBC have just put their 1977 Lively Arts documentary about Len Deighton online for the first time. If you've yet to discover the genius of Len, here is a little bit of background on the man behind The Ipcress File. Len Deighton was born in London in 1929. At ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/len-deighton/ A novel of intrigue, violence and conflicted loyalties from the author of The Street Philosopher, Matthew Plampin. What price to take hold of the devil’s right hand? Spring, 1853. After a triumphant display at the Great Exhibition in London, the legendary American entrepreneur and inventor Colonel Samuel Colt expands his gun-making ... http://www.killerreads.com/books/the-devils-acre/ After a typical British summer of meteorological highs and lows, the Killer Reads team have got together to bring you the top ten from our summer fiction. Whether you're stay-cating or heading further afield, be sure to pack these in your suitcase or leave on your bedside table or use ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/killer-reads-2010-summer-reads/ At last month's Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, the winner of Alibi's search for a new crime writer was announced. The culmination of the search, which was launched at the beginning of the year, ended with a short yet perfectly formed ceremony attended by the likes of Stuart ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/alibi-search-for-a-new-crime-writer-winner/ This week saw the announcement of the nominees in three categories for this year's Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards. CWA GOLD DAGGER 2010 Blacklands by Belinda Bauer (Corgi/Transworld) Blood Harvest by S J Bolton (Bantam Press/Transworld) Shadowplay by Karen Campbell (Hodder & Stoughton) The Way Home by George Pelecanos (Orion) CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2010, SPONSORED ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/specsavers-crime-thriller-awards-nominations-announced/ At 11.30 on Monday morning the kettle went on in the HarperFiction kitchen and the biscuits were cracked open early. Five editors, three publicists and a designer tried to work out how to turn on the TV and seven minutes later we had lift off. We tuned ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/the-devil%e2%80%99s-book-club/ So... the dust has settled and the ale has run dry on the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2010. The Killer Reads team made the arduous journey up the east-coast mainline and into the waiting arms of the beautiful spa-town of Harrogate. Whether the festival is on or not, ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/harrogate-round-up/ Last Thursday evening at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival we were proud to see BBC Radio 4's Mark Lawson present our very own Reginald Hill with the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award. His speech was warm and witty and full of praise for his editor Julia ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/congratulations-reginald-hill/ Avon author Lee Weeks publishes her 4th novel Kiss &  Die this month. Once again featuring Hong Kong detective Johnny Mann, Kiss & Die follows a  serial killer who appears to be a woman – her target, adulterous businessmen. Yet again, another nerve-shredding thriller from the bestseller Weeks and is perfect ... http://www.killerreads.com/news/in-conversation-with-lee-weeks/