Bill James, author of the Harpur and Iles police procedural series, has his say on George V. Higgins’ crime masterpiece, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE.
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Bill James, author of the Harpur and Iles police procedural series, has his say on George V. Higgins’ crime masterpiece, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE.
If it’s gritty retro hardboiled fun you’re after, you won’t be disappointed this month, when we showcase the best of noir in The Murder Room and launch our beautiful new editions of Mickey Spillane’s iconic Mike Hammer series. Here’s Deborah Valentine on the highlights.
Designer Mark Swan explains how he created the iconic series style for Walter Mosley’s EASY RAWLINS novels.
Can’t decide what to read this summer? Our blogging supremo and Murder Room author Deborah Valentine makes it easy for you, with her pick of the summer sale.
Crime great Elmore Leonard’s previously unpublished stories are about to see the light of day! To celebrate the Charlie Martz and Other Stories, Orion’s Paul Hussey introduces the moving foreword written by Elmore’s son, Peter Leonard.
Lawrence Block is a crime fiction legend and the hugely popular and prolific author of, among others, the Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery series. Here he reflects on his first and subsequent encounters with the extraordinary Charles Willeford and his wife Betsy.
To accompany the publication of Charles Willeford’s novels and autobiography, Murder Room author and regular blogger Deborah Valentine talks Florida crime and traces the murderous tradition of the Sunshine State.
Crime fiction legend and Orion author Lawrence Block looks at the books we keep going back to, and why – books, like THE MALTESE FALCON, that never go out of print.
Love the spare, in-your-face writing of today’s crime fiction greats? Turns out their style goes back a long way. Orion debut novelist Steve Cavanagh looks at the original (and best) modern crime thriller that’s also a classic.
Crime Time editor Barry Forshaw tracks the progress from page to screen of one of noir literature’s most celebrated works. And what a dark yet glittering path it is . . .