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Blog profile: Books & Reviews @ms_adler #KillerFest15

Your name Elena Your blog’s name Books & Reviews Blog’s URL http://booksandreviews.wordpress.com Which types of books do you review? Crime fiction, mainly written by women, but also contemporary fiction by new women writers. What do you like about crime fiction? I think that crime fiction is a tool that… Read More

Blog profile: Laura’s Little Book Blog @midnightstar3 #KillerFest15

Your name: Laura Delve Your blog’s name: Laura’s little book blog Blog’s URL: www.lauraslittlebookblog.blogspot.co.uk Which types of books do you review? Thriller, Mystery, Psychological, some detective Crime, YA, contemporary, history, some Horror, Paranormal and Fantasy What do you like about crime fiction? I like how wide the genre is,… Read More

Blog profile: Shotsmag Confidential @shotsblog #KillerFest15

Your name: Ayo Onatade Your blog’s name: Shotsmag Confidential Blog’s URL: http://wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.co.uk/ Which types of books do you review? We review and blog about anything and everything crime fiction related which includes books, conferences/festivals, films, academic conferences etc What do you like about crime fiction? I like the act that… Read More

Blog profile: Our Book Reviews @ourbookrvws #KillerFest15

Your name – Mary and Gerry Mayfield, blogging as Maryom and The Mole Your blog’s name – Our Book Reviews Online Blog’s URL – http://ourbookreviewsonline.blogspot.co.uk/ Which types of books do you review?  Anything and everything from children’s picture books through chick lit and literary fiction to Nordic Noir What… Read More

Blog profile: Killing Time Crime @thekillingtime #KillerFest15

Your name: Gareth Watkins Your blog’s name: Killing Time Crime Blog’s URL: www.killingtimecrime.com Which types of books do you review? All types of crime fiction and thrillers, from hardboiled to cosy: contemporary, classic, historical, translated… What do you like about crime fiction? The best crime fiction deals with big… Read More

Crime bloggers recommended reading list #KillerFest

We asked 15 different crime bloggers and reviewers to pick 5 crime books they would recommend to any reader. With thanks to Crime Book Club, A Crime Reader’s Blog, Miss Chapter’s Reviews, Killing Time Crime, Keith B Walters, Our Book Reviews, Shotsmag Confidential, Laura’s Little Book Blog, Books and Reviews,… Read More

From the screen to the page. The Metamorphosis of Murder. #killerfest15

What’s the difference between writing a novel and writing a screenplay?  It’s a question I’m often asked, being someone who earns a living doing both.  The answer isn’t as easy to pin down as you’d think. An Act of Mercy began as a screenplay – Pilgrim, a speculative pilot episode… Read More

The Weapons of Tuesday #killerfest15

When deciding on what weapons would suit Tuesday I had to think carefully. I wanted them to be cool, stylish and completely unavailable. The last thing I wanted was to get a phone call about some copycat murder. I pull the 1934 Russian PB 9mm silenced pistol from my thigh… Read More

Q&A with author Bonnie MacBird @macbird #killerfest15

Your name: Bonnie MacBird Tell us about yourself: Born in San Francisco at a time when women wore gloves and hats to the city, and the world was giddily optimistic with peacetime and television and space travel.  I fell in love with Sherlock Holmes at age ten and read the… Read More

Q&A with author Peter James @peterjamesuk #killerfest15

Your name: Peter James Tell us about yourself: I was born and brought up in Brighton and I now have homes in Notting Hill in London and near Brighton in Sussex. Before I became a full time novelist I worked in film – both as a producer and screenwriter. Tell… Read More

Q&A with author William Shaw @william1shaw #killerfest15

Your name: William Shaw Tell us about yourself: I write crime books based on recent history. As a younger man, I used to write deeply immersive non-fiction books, often about quite bad people. Now I sit at home with my wife and kids and make things up. Tell us about your… Read More

Q&A with author Malcolm Mackay @malcolm_mackay #killerfest15

Your name: Malcolm Mackay Tell us about yourself: 33, ginger, Scottish, writer. That’s all of me in three words and a number. Tell us about your latest book: The Night the Rich Men Burned is my fourth book, the story of two young men being lured into the criminal world by… Read More