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20/08/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'A Season for the Dead' (audio book) by David Hewson.

13/08/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil' by Christopher Brookmyre and 'City of Shadows' by Ariana Franklin. The 'Discussions' page has been updated.

6/08/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Innocent' by Magdalen Nabb and 'Lang' by Kjell Westo.

5/08/06 Euro Crime has it's own blog.

30/07/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Priest of Evil' by Matti Joensuu and 'The Raft' by Alan Mills.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (469 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 930 authors (5132 titles with links to 755 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Lesley Cookman, Jane Jakeman, Katherine John, Mari Jungstedt and Lew Matthews.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Karin Alvtegen, Campbell Armstrong, Carla Banks, Mark Billingham, Paul/PC Docherty, John Harvey, Veronica Heley, Mandasue Heller, David Hewson, Joyce Holms, Lynda La Plante, Peter Lovesey, Barry Maitland, Peter May, Anne Perry, Alan Rustage, Sally Spedding, Sally Spencer and Fred Vargas.

    27/07/06 The 'Events' page has been updated.

    23/07/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Sun Storm' by Asa Larsson and 'Winter in Madrid' by C J Sansom.

    21/07/06 The 'Awards', 'News' and 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    9/07/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Night Bus' by Giampero Rigosi and 'The Beast' by Roslund-Hellstrom.

    3/07/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    2/07/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'A Stain on the Silence' by Andrew Taylor plus Carla McKay's June roundup. The 'news' and 'awards' pages have been updated.

    28/06/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Excursion to Tindari' by Andrea Camilleri and 'Dead Horsemeat' by Dominique Manotti.

    25/06/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Blood Red Roses' by Lin Anderson and 'Borkmann's Point' by Hakan Nesser.

    18/06/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Never End' by Ake Edwardson, 'The Bomber' by Liza Marklund (audio) and 'The Writing on the Wall' by Gunnar Staalesen.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (461 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 925 authors (5097 titles with links to 726 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Andrew Britton, Marten Claridge, Toby Clements, Elizabeth Corley, Ronnie Hewitt, Peter Kerr, Josh Lanyon, William Meikle, Ian Pattison and Frank Schatzing.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: M C Beaton, Simon Brett, Ken Bruen, Paul Charles, John Connolly, Maragret Duffy, Carola Dunn, Roger Jon Ellory, Lauren Henderson, Hazel Holt, Quintin Jardine, Gene Kerrigan, Claire Kilroy, Douglas Lindsay, Nick Oldham, David Pirie, Jerry Raine, Simon Scarrow, Sally Spencer and June Thomson.

    13/06/06 The shortlist for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award has been added to the 'Awards' page.

    11/06/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Coroner's Lunch' by Colin Cotterill and 'A Thousand Lies' by Laura Wilson.

    10/06/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    04/06/06 A new 'Awards' page has been added, containing shortlists for the major CWA awards plus Barry and Gumshoe awards where European crime fiction is eligible. There's also a link to the European titles which may been considered for the 'translation' Dagger. The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Concrete Sea' by John Dalton and 'The Cipher Garden' by Martin Edwards.

    28/05/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'A Walk in the Dark' by Gianrico Carofiglio, 'Fever' by Friedrich Glauser and 'Shooting Elvis' by Stuart Pawson.

    20/05/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Perception of Death' by Louise Anderson (audio book), 'The Dying Wish' by Courttia Newland and 'Watch Me Disappear' by Jill Dawson.

    17/05/06

  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (459 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 915 authors (5059 titles with links to 706 reviews) - I've added bibliographies for the following: Michael Allen, David Ashton, Marcus Barr, E G Bartlett, Margot Bennett, Maisie Birmingham, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Michael Bradford, Simon Challis, Simon Conway, Bernard Cornwell, Terry Coy, Clemence Dane, Duncan Falconer, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Ray Hammond, A J Hartley, T M Jenkins, Matti Joensuu, Georg Klein, Patrick Lennon, Perihan Magden, Alan Mills, Courttia Newland, Sam North, Dennis Philips, Trisha Rainford, Ermanno Rea, Patrick Read and Kitty Sewell.
  • I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Ray Banks, Simon Beckett, Ingrid Black, John Brady, Andrea Camilleri, Massimo Carlotto, Ann Cleeves, Vena Cork, Lindsey Davis, Martin Edwards, John Francome, David Hewson, Michael Jecks, Paul Johnston, Christy Kenneally, Marianne Macdonald, Val McDermid, Margaret Murphy, Julie Parsons, Malcolm Pryce, Paul Southern, Cath Staincliff, Martin Stephen and Frank Tallis.

    14/05/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Darkness and Light' by John Harvey, 'City of Animals' by Alan Mills and 'Contact Zero' by David Wolstencroft.

    08/05/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    07/05/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Death of Achilles' by Boris Akunin and 'The Devil's Star' by Jo Nesbo.

    30/04/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Ice Moon' by Jan Costin Wagner.

    27/04/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Dying Light' by Stuart MacBride and Carla McKay's roundup for April.

    23/04/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Pig Island' by Mo Hayder.

    17/04/06

  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (440 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 885 authors (4970 titles with links to 681 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Paris Aristides, Matilde Asensi, Richard Ashton, Yves Bonavero, Ruth Downie, Alan Dunn, Tana French, Mia Gallagher, Clio Gray, Sophie Hannah, Doug Johnstone, Philip Kerr, Asa Larsson, Frederic Lenoir & Violette Cabesos, Giulio Leoni, John Matthews, David McKeowen, Sam Millar, Anne Morgellyn, Gerard Murphy, T S O'Rourke, Caro Ramsay and Paullina Simons. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Boris Akunin, Ken Bruen, Martina Cole, Dick Francis, Katy Gardner, Reginald Hill, Anne Holt, Bill James, Pamela Oldfield, Arturo Perez-Reverte, John Pilkington, Amy Pirnie, Helene Tursten, Louise Welsh and Kevin Wignall.
  • Greece has been added to the 'Books' page for a separate listing.

    16/04/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Footprints of the Devil' by Olive Etchells.

    11/04/06 The 'Links' and 'Discussions' pages have been updated. The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Cryptographer' by Tobias Hill (audio book).

    2/04/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    25/03/06

  • The 'Events' page is expanding to include appearances by individual crime authors as well as conventions and literary festivals.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (428 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 862 authors (4907 titles with links to 669 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Jack Barry, Maxine Barry, Pierre Bayard, Olivier Bleys, Karel Capek, Michael Cox, Elizabeth Darrell, Jose Luis de Juan, Pedro de Paz, Philippe Deleis, Seth Garner, Andre Gide, Claudia Gross, Richard Haley, Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Kevin I Jones, Jan Kjaerstad, Rachel V Knox, Pavel Kohout, James Lear, Geoffrey Lewis, Edward (AE) Marston, Keith Miles, Pierre Moinot, Viviane Moore, Akif Pirincci, C W Reed, Enrico Remmert, Pauline Rowson, Alan Rustage, Gillian Slovo, Sally Spencer, Patrick Suskind, M J trow, Sebastiano Vassalli, James Garcia Woods. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for: Jakob Arjouni, Judith Cutler, Leif Davidsen, David Stuart Davies, John Dean, PC/Paul Doherty, Kate Ellis, Raymond Haigh, Veronica Heley, Susan Hill, Arlene Hunt, Michael Litchfield, Barbara Nadel, Ann Purser, Roger Silverwood, Aline Templeton and Marilyn Todd.

    23/03/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Railway Detective' by Edward Marston (audio book).

    12/03/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Phoenix' by John Connor (audio book). The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    6/03/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Priest' by Ken Bruen.

    2/03/06

  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (417 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 826 authors (4740 titles with links to 652 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: William Ardin, Jakob Arjouni, Simon R Biggam, Nick Brooks, Conor Corderoy, Lewis Davies, Eilís Dillon, Aris Fioretos, Simon Hall, David Harrison, Andrew Holmes, Roberta Kray, Julia Kristeva, Maria Lang, James Lasdun, Karen Lowe, Tom Neale, Gerard Readett, Linda Regan, Barrie Roberts, Helen Shacklady, Javier Sierre, Douglas Skeggs, Pablo Tusset. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Boris Akunin, Niccolo Ammaniti, Vivien Armstrong, Sam Baker, Ray Banks, Alex Barclay, Ronan Bennett, Michael Bond, Gwendoline Butler, Jeremy Cameron, Barbara Cleverly, Colin Cotterill, Mat Coward, Clare Curzon, Matthew d'Ancona, Penelope Evans, Frances Fyfield, David Gibbins, Alex Gray, Peter Guttridge, Mick Herron, Anthony Horowitz, Lee Jackson, Stephen Leather, Pierre Magnan, Adrian Magson, Henning Mankell, Andrew Martin, Alexander McCall Smith, Adrian McKinty, Elisabeth McNeill, The Medieval Murderers, Mark Mills, Steve Mosby, Jo Nesbo, Chris Petit, Christine Poulson, Sheila Quigley, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Ben Richards, John Rickards, Phil Rickman, Jenny Roberts, David Roberts, Catherine Shaw, Stav Sherez, Jill Paton Walsh and Paul Watkins.

    26/02/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's reviews for February.

    24/02/06 Literature Festivals have been added to the 'Events' page.

    23/02/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Three Evangelists' by Fred Vargas.

    15/02/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Escaping Reality' by Geoff Nelder and 'A Grave Man' by David Roberts. The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    8/02/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    31/01/06 The 'Discussions' page has been updated for March and April 2006.

    29/01/06

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Grand Slam' (audio) by Susan Moody and 'Blood on the Saddle' by Rafael Reig.
  • The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.
  • The 'Authors' (396 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are now bibliographies for 803 authors (4631 titles with links to 634 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Caroline Benton, Clare Clark, David Craig, Nick Drake, Joseph Geary, Anton Gill, Alan Glynn, Jason Goodwin , Jo-Ann Goodwin, Tim Goodwin, Michael Gregorio, John Harvey, Christoph Hein, Bill James, Laurent Joffrin, Paul Kilduff, Danny King, Alanna Knight, Bernard Knight, Roberta Kray, Lynda La Plante, Peter Lear, Danny Leigh, Peter Lovesey, Peter MacAlan, Brian Martin, Dreda Say Mitchell, Susan Moody, Keith Moray, Roger Morris, Pat Mullan, John Nichol, Saskia Noort, Gareth O'Callaghan, R T Raichev, Michael Symmons Roberts, Graeme Roe, Jane Stevenson, Leonie Swann and James Tucker. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Jane Adams, Pauline Bell, Tonino Benacquista, Victoria Blake, Stephen Booth, Rhys Bowen, John Boyne, Fiona Buckley, Gianrico Carofiglio, Maureen Carter, Caroline Carver, Marion Chesney, Alys Clare, Chris Collett, John Connor, Brian Cooper, Brian Eastman, Ake Edwardston, Geradine Evans, Friedrich Glauser, Ann Granger, Chris Haslam, Veronica Heley, Hellstrom & Roslund, Peter Helton, Jane Hill, Arnaldur Indridason, Michael Jecks, Jim Kelly, Simon Kernick, Faith Martin, Glenn Meade, Andrew Nugent, Rafael Reig, Ruth Rendell, Michael Ridpath, Liz/Elizabeth Rigbey, Peter Robinson, Michael Robothan, Rosemary Rowe, John Paxton Sheriff, Chris Spindler & Karen Wiesner, Lndon Stacey, Stella Whitelaw, Jacqueline Winspear and Simon Wood.

    13/01/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated a review of 'The Fifth Woman' (audio) by Henning Mankell.

    12/01/06 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Euro Crime contributors favourite reads from 2005.

    8/01/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    1/01/06 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    28/12/05 The 'Discussions' page has been updated.

    21/12/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'The Water Room' (audio) by Christopher Fowler and 'Just a Corpse at Twilight' (audio) by Janwillem van de Wetering.

    17/12/05 The 'Authors' (353 sites) page has been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 763 authors (4318 titles with links to 602 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Frank Barnard, Simon Beckett, Eleanor Berry, Benjamin Black, Pamela Branch, Kjell Eriksson, Nick Fletcher, Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett, June Hampson, Rebecca Jenkins, Christian Jungersen, Barry Laden, Alex Scarrow, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Georges Simenon, Benjamin Tammuz, Malcolm Torrie and Pip Vaughan-Hughes. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Kate Atkinson, John Brady, Christopher Brookmyre, Andrea Camilleri, Iris Collier, Kate Ellis, Joanne Harris, Peter James, Carlo Lucarelli, Val McDermid, Craig Russell, Bernhard Schlink, Kate Sedley, Chris Simms, Minette Walters and Charlie Williams. The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    14/12/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    25/11/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with Carla McKay's reviews for November. Radio shows with a crime basis have been added to 'Events'. 'Discussions' page has been updated for December and January.

    24/11/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    16/11/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated. The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Seeking Whom He May Devour' by Fred Vargas.

    8/11/05 The 'Conventions' page has been renamed 'Events' and now includes Crime/Mystery plays on in London.

    6/11/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated. Crime Fiction Reading Groups list has been extended on the 'Links' page.

    27/10/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Never Somewhere Else' by Alex Gray.

    20/10/05 The 'Authors' (346 sites) page has been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 745 authors (4088 titles with links to 579 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Neil Astley, Gerard Beine, Tony Broadbent, Gretta Curran Browne, John Burns, Colin Campbell, Tony Cornberg, Martin Davies, Dick Donovan, Bruce Durie, Des Ekin, J J Fiechter, Maggie Gibson, Sarah Harrison, David Huggins, Thierry Jonquet, Christy Kenneally, David M Kiely, Max Leins, Estelle Monbrun, Jo Nesbo, Victor O'Reilly, Andy Oakes, Orhan Pamuk, Andrew Pepper, Leo Perutz, Jack Ripley, Mike Ripley, Howard Shaw, Christopher Wakling, Kate Westbrook and Felicity Young. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Margaret Astbury, Simon Brett, Ken Bruen, Martina Cole, Natasha Cooper, Joolz Denby, Jasper Fforde, Susanna Gregory, Tom Harper, Mo Hayder, C C Humphreys, Quintin Jardine, Joan Lock, Stuart MacBride, Keith McCarthy, Cormac Millar, Barbara Nadel, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Anne Perry, Nicholas Royle, Zoe Sharp, Frank Tallis, Guy Walters and Francesca Weisman.

    17/10/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    11/10/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    28/09/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Weaving Shadows' by Margaret Murphy.

    26/09/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Snow is Silent' by Benjamin Prado.

    21/09/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated. The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'River Deep' by Priscilla Masters.

    9/09/05

  • The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'The Advocate' by Marcello Fois.
  • The 'Authors' (328 sites) page has been updated.
  • In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 714 authors (3984 titles with links to 553 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Didier Daeninckx, Jack Dickson, Nicolas Freeling, Edward Grierson, Trevor Hoyle, Peter Inchbald, Martin Inigo, Serge Joncour, Michael Judge, Juris Jurevics, Valerie Kershaw, Douglas Lindsay, Dacia Maraini, David Mason, Murray Smith, Jan Costin Wagner and Georgina Wroe. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Conrad Allen, Jo Bannister, Colin Bateman, Anna Blundy, Massimo Carlotto, Vena Crok, John Dean, David Dickinson, Ben Elton, John Francombe, Raymond Haigh, Chris Haslam, Eric Leclere, Michael Litchfield, Clare Littleford, Sara MacDonald, Paul McAuley, Alexander McCall Smith, Jane McLoughlin, Catriona MacPherson, Denise Mina, Hilary Norman, Stuart Pawson, Jenny Pitman, Carmen Posadas, Betty Rowlands, Roger Silverwood, Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler, Andrew Taylor, Marilyn Todd, Rebecca Tope, Martyn Waites and David Wolstencroft.

    8/09/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    31/08/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    21/08/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'After the Armistice Ball' by Catriona McPherson.

    19/08/05 All the links on the 'Authors' (now 323 sites) page have been checked and updated as required.

    18/08/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    14/08/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Love Lies Bleeding' by Geraldine Evans.

    10/08/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    3/08/05 The 'Authors' (318 sites) page has been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 699 authors (3870 titles with links to 529 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Sam Baker, June Barraclough, Marcel Beyer, Sam Bourne, Lesley Campbell, Joan Coggin, Conor Cregan, Gavin Esler, Frances Ferguson, Lesley Grant-Adamson, Richard Greensted, D M Greenwood, Elizabeth Ironside, James McGee, William McIlvanney, Sheila Radley, Rafael Reig, Will Rhode, Hester Rowan and Clark Smith. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : M C Beaton, Paul Carson, Lee Child, Linda Davies, John Fullerton, Mandasue Heller, Tim Krabbe, Joan Lock, Janet Neel, Julie Parsons, Sarah Rayne, John Rickards, Phil Rickman, Andrew Taylor, Edwin Thomas, Sue Walker and R D Wingfield.

    31/07/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    28/07/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with reviews of 'Involuntary Witness' by Gianrico Carofiglio and 'Ripe for Revenge' by Janie Bolitho.

    27/07/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    25/07/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated with a review of 'Dead Reckoning' by Jenny Roberts.

    18/07/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    14/07/05 The 'Discussions' and 'Links' pages have been updated with details about the 'Oz Mystery Readers' Yahoo group and it's discussion schedule.

    13/07/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated.

    11/07/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    29/06/05 The 'Reviews' page, 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (310 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 679 authors (3771 titles with links to 516 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Paul Carroll, Malcolm Forsythe, David Gibbins, Michael Jecks, Gene Kerrigan, Tanith Lee, Robert Lewis, Wu Ming, Amy Pirnie and Tamar Yellin. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Meg Elizabeth Atkins, Jo Bannister, Robert Barnard, David Bowker, Louise Brindley, Judith Cutler, Paul Doherty, Carola Dunn, Brian Eastman, Olive Etchells, Christopher Fowler, Frances Fyfield, Christine Green, Patricia Hall, Joanna Hines, Deryn Lake, Petros Markaris, Priscilla Masters, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, John Pilkington, Catherine Sampson, C J Sansom and Megan Stark.

    25/06/05 Made a number of additions to the master database so have updated the 'New Releases' pages again.

    23/06/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated.

    22/06/05 The 'New Releases' pages have been updated.

    25/05/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated.

    24/05/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (304 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 669 authors (3713 titles with links to 495 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: John Burnside, Stanley Casson, Colin Cotterill, Glyn Daniel, Murray Davies, Luca di Fulvio, David Hewson, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Chris Kelly, Nigel McCrery, Glenn Meade, Stella Phillips, Giampiero Rigosi, Kate Sedley, Simon Shaw, Lisa Shepherd, Dorothy Simpson, Veronica Stallwood, Jill Paton Walsh and Guy Walters. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Tonino Benacquista, Chaz Brenchley, PF Chisholm, Ann Cleeves, Marjorie Eccles, Martin Edwards, Geraldine Evans, Jane Finnis, Eugenio Fuentes, Margaret Murphy, Michael Robotham and Kjell Westo.

    13/05/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (301 sites) pages have been updated.

    22/04/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (300 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 649 authors (3597 titles with links to 475 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Tessa Barclay, Bob Bibby, Pat Burden, Michael Cordy, Mat Coward, John Dean, Pierre Frei, Philip Gooden, Richard Gwyn, Steve Haywood, M M Kaye, Walter Keady, Austin Lee, Claire Lorrimer, Adrian Mathews, Andrew Nugent, Robert T Price, Andrew Puckett, Michael Ridpath, Margaret Ryding, John Paxton Sheriff, Martin Sixsmith, Joanna Trevor, Cathi Unsworth and Nicola Williams. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for : Paul Adam, Jane Adams, Conrad Allen, Liz Allen, Lin Anderson, Louise Anderson, Vivien Armstrong, Lindsay Ashford, Jo Bannister, MC Beaton, Rhys Bowen, John Burdett, Caroline Carver, Barbara Cleverly, John Connor, Natasha Cooper, Charles Cumming, Judith Cutler, David Stuart Davies, Philip Davison, PC/Paul Doherty, Angela Dracup, Liz Evans, Tom Harper, Veronica Heley, Lesley Horton, Lee Jackson, P D James, Andrey Kurkov, Henning Mankell, Liza Marklund, Faith Martin, Anthony McGowan, Barbara Nadel, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Henry Porter, Malcolm Pryce, Ann Purser, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Stella Rimington, David Roberts, Denise Ryan, Simon Scarrow, Zoe Sharp, Roger Silverwood, Chris Simms, Rebecca Tope, Minette Walters, Stella Whitelaw and Jacqueline Winspear.

    15/04/05 The 'Reviews' page has been updated.

    11/04/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Reviews' pages have been updated.

    25/03/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (295 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 624 authors (3457 titles with links to 466 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Hugh Collins, Mark Dawson, Cliff Don, Michel Faber, Rupert Holmes, Jenny Roberts, John B Spencer and Ilona Van Mil. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Iain McDowall and David Lawrence.

    16/03/05 I've added the Nottingham Central Library Reading group to the 'Links' page.

    13/03/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (290 sites) pages have been updated. 'New Releases' can now be ordered by Author or by Issue Month. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 616 authors (3437 titles with links to 459 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Dorothy Bowers, W J Burley, Katherine Farrer, Peter Helton, Catriona McPherson, Stel Pavlou and Benjamin Prado. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Catherine Aird, Pauline Bell, Freda Davies, Rod Duncan, Andrey Kurkov, Keith McCarthy and Philippa Morgan.

    13/02/05 The 'New Releases' and 'Authors' (285 sites) pages have been updated. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 609 authors (3391 titles with links to 450 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Dougie Brimson, Sean Burke, Garros & Edvokimov, Ivy Litvinov, Barbara Murphy, Anthony O'Neill, Nick Stone, James Twining, John L Ward and Paul Watkins. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Karin Alvtegen, Michael Dibdin, Alexander McCall Smith, Val McDermid and Martin O'Brien.

    8/02/05 I've added BM's discussion book for April to the 'Discussions' page.

    7/02/05 I've added a new page for 'New Releases' ie those books out in 2005 and on. This is to be refined to include month of issue. The author homepages lists 281 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 599 authors (3374 titles with links to 446 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Philippe Claudel, Olive Etchells, Susan Hepburn, Jane Hill, Christopher Lee, Jane McLoughlin, The Medieval Murderers, Martin O'Brien, Pamela Oldfield, Roslund-Hellstrom, Lyndon Stacey, Frank Tallis, Stefan Themerson and Robert Wilson. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Andrea Camilleri, Maureen Carter, Clare Curzon, Judith Cutler, Penny Deacon, Robert Edric, Alex Gray, Susanna Gregory, Hazel Holt, Graham Hurley, Deryn Lake, Eva-Marie Liffner, Adrian Magson, Val McDermid and Pat McIntosh.

    3/02/05 I've added 4MA's European discussion book for April to the 'Discussions' page.

    19/01/05 I've added a link to my Mystery Women review of 'Secret Smile' by Nicci French (audio)on the 'Reviews' page.

    12/01/05 I've added a link to my RTE review of 'A Detective at Death's Door' by HRF Keating on the 'Reviews' page. I've updated the discussion books for British Mysteries, on the 'Discussions' page. The author homepages lists 278 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 585 authors (3324 titles with links to 430 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Alan Judd, Hugh Laurie, Margot Livesey, Stuart MacBride, Magdalen Nabb and Craig Russell. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Victoria Blake, Marion Chesney, Lee Child, Susan Hill, Morag Joss and Charlie Williams.

    25/11/04 I've added a review of 'The Torso in the Town' by Simon Brett to the 'Reviews' page.

    23/11/04 The author homepages section is still at 277 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 579 authors (3297 titles with links to 412 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Maarten 'T Hart (only appears on the Holland page at the moment), Nicholas Griffin, Joanne Harris, Declan Hughes, Michael Litchfield and Zane Radcliff. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Chris Collett, John Dalton, Lindsey Davis, Roger Jon Ellory, Jasper Fforde, Barry Maitland and Marilyn Todd.

    18/11/04 I've added a link to my RTE review of 'Attraction' by James Manlow on the 'Reviews' page.

    16/11/04 I've added a review of 'Veil of Death' by Stella Whitelaw to the 'Reviews' page.

    1/11/04 I've updated the 'Discussions' page with the BAM book schedule.

    23/10/04 The author homepages section is now up to 277 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 573 authors (3277 titles with links to 394 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Carla Banks, Clare Curzon, P C/Paul Doherty, Marjorie Eccles, S T Haymon, Priscilla Masters, Linda Mather, Paolo Maurensig, Betty Rowlands and Juli Zeh. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Boris Akunin, David Dickinson, Friedrich Glauser and Georgie Hale.

    20/10/04 I've added a review of 'Dancing with the Uninvited Guest' by J Wallis Martin to the 'Reviews' page and also added links to two reviews on the Mystery Women site.

    12/10/04 I've added a couple more books to the 'Discussions' page and also added Left Coast Crime 2006 to the 'Conventions' page as it will be in Bristol!

    7/10/04 I've updated the 'Discussions' page and archived the discussion books lists from April to September on a separate page.

    6/10/04

  • I've added two new reviews to the review section : 'Power Games' by Judith Cutler and 'Dying for You' by Geraldine Evans.
  • The author homepages section is now up to 276 sites.
  • In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 563 authors (3132 titles with links to 383 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Gwendoline Butler, Maureen Carter, Mark Gatiss, Anne Perry and David Wolstencroft.

    17/09/04 The author homepages section is now up to 275 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 558 authors (3045 titles with links to 363 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: James Anderson, Bernard Bastable, Ronan Bennett, Bernie Crosthwaite, Denise Danks, Ben Elton, Dick Francis, John Francome, James Fraser, Antonia Fraser, Eugenio Fuentes, Mick Herron, Peter James, Simon Myles, Tracey Shellito, Jose Carlos Somoza and Jann Turner. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new titles) for Robert Barnard, Colin Bateman, Stephen Booth, Nicci French, Reginald Hill, Quintin Jardine, Simon Kernick, Stephen Leather, Pierre Magnan, Michael Marshall, Adrian McKinty, Sheila Quigley, and Laura Wilson.

    08/09/04

  • I've added two new reviews to the review section : 'The Colombian Mule' by Massimo Carlotto and 'Deceptive Relations' by Annette Roome.
  • The author homepages section is now up to 262 sites.
  • In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 541 authors (2903 titles with links to 358 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Michael David Anthony, Kate Atkinson, Dorothy Cannell, Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini, JJ Connolly, Vena Cork, John Creed, Louise Doughty, Peter Dunant, Sarah Dunant, Ron Ellis, Robert Finn, Frances Fyfield, Frances Hegarty, Alexandra Henry, Judith Jones, Hector Macdonald, James Manlow, Philippa Morgan, Marina Oliver and Joan Smith. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new books) for M C Beaton, Carola Dunn, Penelope Evans, C C Humphreys, Quintin Jardine, Paul Johnston, Barbara Nadel, Louis Sanders, Catherine Shaw and Cath Staincliff.
  • There are now pseudonyms listed against the relevant authors. Not hyperlinked at this stage but hopefully one day. Bibliographies for the pseudonyms aren't necessarily present (yet) and I will delete those that aren't crime related.

    07/09/04 I've added three audio book suppliers to the 'Links' section.

    03/09/04 The author homepages section lists 249 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 521 authors (2817 titles with links to 347 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Robert Finn, Arlene Hunt, Tony Saint and Andrew Taylor. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new books) for Jane Jakeman and Barbara Vine.

    28/08/04 I've added the link to a new publisher, Snowbooks, in the Links section. They've recently published 'Adept' by Robert Finn.

    26/08/04 The author homepages section lists 239 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 517 authors (2783 titles with links to 340 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Steve Aylett, Veronica Black, Henning Boetius, Marius Brill, Stephen Burgen, Kate Charles, Agatha Christie, Judith Cutler, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeremy Dronfield, Christopher Fowler, Tim Heald, Thomas Hettche, P D James, Philip Jolowicz, Minette Marrin, Ellis Peters, Ruth Rendell, June Thomson, Janwillem Van de Wetering and Barbara Vine.

    20/08/04 The author homepages section stays at 224 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 496 authors (2446 titles with links to 323 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Sarah Lacey, Kay Mitchell, Jose Saramago and David Williams. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new books) for Paul Adam, Boris Akunin, Vivien Armstrong, Peter Robinson and Rebecca Rowe. There's now a page for Portuguese authors (again 1 so far). A link to 'Bullet Magazine' has been added to the links page. It's a short fiction noir magazine.

    19/08/04 I've updated the discussion page to include the 'British Mystery' reads for September and October.

    13/08/04 The author homepages section lists 224 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 492 authors (2407 titles with links to 320 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Lisa Appignanesi, Margaret Astbury, Jolyon Carr, Judith Cook, Matthew d'Ancona, Christophe Dufossé, Brian Eastman, Anthony Eglin, Jason Foss, Clare Francis, Patricia Grey, Tanya Jones, Pat McIntosh, Julie Parsons, John Pilkington, Jenny Pitman, Richard Pitman, Aline Templeton, Mark Timlin and Barbara Whitehead. I've updated the bibliographies (ie added new books) for Jane Adams, Margaret Duffy, Christine Green, Patricia Hall, Veronica Heley, Joyce Holms, Graham Hurley, John Lawton, Fiona Mountain, Nick Oldham, Ann Purser, Sarah Rayne, C J Sansom and Sally Spedding. There's now a page for Polish authors (again 1 so far).

    8/08/04 I've added another mail order company, POST MORTEM BOOKS, to the shop section.

    7/08/04 The author homepages section lists 211 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 472 authors (2298 titles with links to 316 reviews). In 'Books' I've added bibliographies for the following: Phil Andrews, Martyn Bedford, Nicholas Blincoe, David Bowker, John Boyne, Matthew Branton, Mark Burnell, Jeremy Cameron, Hugo Hamilton, Janet Harward, Philip Hook, Matti Joensuu, Alex Keegan, David Ralph Martin, Nichola McAuliffe, Rory McCormac, Marc Pye, Jerry Raine, Ben Richards, Kevin Sampson, Josef Skvorecky, Charles Spencer, Grant Stewart and Patricia Wentworth. I've updated the bibliographies for Kate Ellis, Geraldine Evans and Ann Granger. There's now a page for Czech authors (1 so far).

    5/08/04 I've added a mail order company called Macavity's to the shop section after picking up their leaflet at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. 4MA are discussing two European books in October. The next British Mysteries discussion books have been chosen and I'll add them once the schedule is decided.

    21/07/04 The author homepages section lists 207 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 448 authors (2149 titles with links to 315 reviews). In 'Books' I deleted a duplicate author and added bibliographies for the following: Margery Allingham, Philip Youngman Carter and Ngaio Marsh.

    18/07/04 The author homepages section has reached 205 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 446 authors (2077 titles with links to 312 reviews).

    13/07/04 The author homepages section is now 201 sites long. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 435 authors (2005 titles with links to 305 reviews).

    8/07/04 The author homepages section is up to 195 sites. In 'Books' there are bibliographies for 426 authors (1952 titles with links to 294 reviews).

    7/07/04 In 'Links' I've added a section for readers' groups and linked in an article on Erdington Library Crime Fiction Reading Group.

    1/07/04 The author homepages section now has 190 sites. In 'books' there are bibliographies for 417 authors (1933 titles with links to 291 reviews).

    28/06/04 A counter's been added to the site. A couple more publishers have been added ot the list (in Links).

    26/06/04 The author homepages section reaches 187 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 396 authors (1839 titles with links to 282 reviews) uploaded.

    24/06/04 The author homepages section creeps up to 165 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 383 authors (1813 titles with links to 282 reviews) uploaded. There are now 3 categories in the author homepages list : Classic, Contemporary and Groups (eg The Murder Squad).

    15/06/04 The author homepages section now runs to 162 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 366 authors (1723 titles with links to 274 reviews) uploaded.

    11/06/04 The author homepages section now lists 156 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 346 authors (1632 titles, links to 264 reviews) uploaded.

    25/05/04 The author homepages section has been extended to 155 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 335 authors (1612 titles, links to 261 reviews) uploaded.

    18/05/04 Haved added a new page for 'News'. The author homepages section has been extended to 153 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 323 authors (1497 titles, links to 252 reviews) uploaded.

    13/05/04 Haved added a couple more Countries to the Books page. The author homepages section - Authors - has been extended to 146 sites. Now have bibliographies for a total of 316 authors (1468 titles, links to 217 reviews) uploaded.

    11/05/04 The 'Links' page has been updated with a few more publishers and the link to 'Sherlock' magazine. Now have bibliographies for a total of 308 authors (1423 titles, links to 215 reviews) uploaded.

    10/05/04 A new page for Swiss authors has been added to the 'Books' section.

    27/04/04 A list of discussion books by month has now been added - see 'Discussions' page.

    5/04/04 Now have bibliographies for a total of 285 authors (1239 titles, links to 184 reviews) uploaded.

    7/03/04 Now have bibliographies for a total of 262 authors (1160 titles, links to 175 reviews) uploaded.

    8/02/04 Slight hiatus due to family and work commitments - now have bibliographies for a total of 235 authors (1047 titles, links to 167 reviews) now uploaded. The dates for Crime Scene 2004 have been added to the Conventions page.

    22/01/04 Bibliographies for a total of 206 authors (913 titles, links to 151 reviews) now uploaded. Author homepages have been added to the bibliographies - accessible by clicking on the author name. Separate lists for authors from non UK European countries have been added to the 'Books' page.

    09/01/04 Bibliographies for a total of 122 authors now uploaded. Yahoo group Women in Mystery are due to begin discussing The Dark Room by Minette Walters.

    05/01/04 Bibliographies for a total of 98 authors now uploaded.

    01/01/04 Yahoo group British Mysteries will be discussing The White Trilogy by Ken Bruen from today. Bibliographies for 10% of the authors I've identified have now been uploaded.

    31/12/03 'Updates' page added to the website. Two more shops have been added to the Shops page and a list of Publisher pages has been added to the Links page. Bibliographies for selected authors to be uploaded for A-Z in the next few days. Yahoo group 4MA will be discussing The Water Clock by Jim Kelly from the 3rd of January.

    last updated 22/08/2006 21:46