Mike Ripley's latest newsletter for Shots Magazine analyzes the International Dagger category from the Crime Writers' Association and points out that it remains one very controversial award (for different reasons), and also looks ahead with some trepidation to the ITV3 Television crime awards in the Fall, where he suspects there will be "many well-known faces from showbiz and fictional TV detectives – so many that mere writers will struggle to get a look in." Ripley also adds his own bit of controversy by admitting he's been "accused in the past of being somewhat disparaging of Scandinavian crime fiction," even though he's a big fan of Swedish crime writers Maj Sjowall and Peter Wahloo. For more on these tidbits plus looks at spy fiction, Denise Mina, and more, check out Ripley's always-entertaining crime fiction benefaction.
LET'S GET SOCIAL
SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BLOG
THE LIST
Search
Categories
- Anthologies & Magazines (84)
- Authors (214)
- Awards (137)
- Blogs (13)
- Books (77)
- Conferences (74)
- Friday's Forgotten Books (239)
- Interviews (17)
- Media Murder (797)
- Mystery Melange (716)
- News (41)
- Poetry (1)
- Promotions (14)
- Publishing (21)
- Quote of the Week (213)
- Special Events & Holidays (123)
- Sunday Music Treat (91)
- Themes (55)
- Writing (24)
Our Mascot, Thumbster
« Book Signing Roundup | Main | Noir at the Bar is Back »
August 01, 2009
The comments to this entry are closed.
Scott Drayco Novel #8: In a historic Victorian mansion used as a movie set, Drayco investigates a decades-old murder case that brings him face to face with deadly secrets of the past and a killer determined to keep the truth buried.
Scott Drayco Novel #7: How would you solve your own kidnapping? And what if the reason behind it was even stranger than you could ever imagine?
Scott Drayco Novel #6: Some secrets refuse to stay buried while others threaten to bury you ... permanently.
Scott Drayco Novel #5: A song linked to suicides may have taken another victim. Or was it a cleverly disguised murder?
Scott Drayco Novel #4: When crime consultant Scott Drayco’s long-AWOL mother returns and is charged with murder, he’s plunged into a world of secrets, lies, and cons.
Scott Drayco Novel #3: Drayco reunites with his estranged FBI partner to protect the partner's daughter from a serial killer who leaves musical puzzles as a calling card.
Scott Drayco Novel #2: A mysterious attack on a young disabled girl lures Drayco back to Cape Unity and into a sea of secrets and lies.
Scott Drayco Novel #1: A body found in a rundown Opera House with a "G" carved on his chest lures a former FBI agent into a web of music, madness and murder.
Eight Scott Drayco stories.
A con woman vows to avenge her grandmother's death but must outsmart a handsome detective plus the efforts of her nemesis to silence her...forever.
Detective Adam Dutton once again teams up with con woman Beverly Laborde to find a killer. But is it too late for an innocent man...and for them?
Detective Adam Dutton and con woman Beverly battle arson, fraud, and a new NAL villain, even as they fight the smoldering attraction between them.
Comments