Category Archives: British Crime

The Late Greats, Nick Quantrill

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

The Blurb Having been convinced by their manager, Kane Major, to put their acrimonious break-up behind them and launch a comeback, New Holland, Hull’s most successful band of the 1990s, is reforming. Allowing one privileged journalist to document the process. … Continue reading →

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Snapshots, Paul D. Brazill

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

The Blurb Twenty-one short, sharp snapshots of the dark side of life, as seen through Paul D. Brazill’s booze and blood splattered, chiaroscuro lens. Seeing Blue Thicker Than Blood Warsaw by Night Warsaw Ghosts Late Night Film Everybody Loves Somebody, … Continue reading →

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Review: Brit Grit, Paul D. Brazill

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

The Blurb Brit Grit is Paul D Brazill’s first flash fiction and short sharp story collection. The no frill tales cast a bleary eye over Britain’s’ grubby underbelly in nine hard-hitting crime stories. The collection includes Guns Of Brixton, which … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hard Way and The Killing Floor, Lee Child

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

These books are the tenth and the first in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. The Hard Way was the isle of Man Crime Book Club choice for this month. After finishing it I went straight out and purchased … Continue reading →

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Review: The Coffin Trail, Martin Edwards

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

This book was selected for the Isle of Man Crime Book Club read. I always feel I read the book s for this more harshly than I would if it were a book I’d selected myself. I had been thinking … Continue reading →

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Review: Beyond Reach, Graham Hurley

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

I read this book as part of the Isle of Man Crime Book Club reads. It isn’t one I would have chosen myself for two reasons; I’m not really into police procedurals (books that is, I don’t mind them on … Continue reading →

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The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris, Chris Ewan

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris is the second in the series. The first was Amsterdam. The three main characters from the first book are here in Paris – Charlie Howard (he is the narrator so I guess he has … Continue reading →

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The Good Thief’s Guide to Amsterdam, Chris Ewan

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

This book is narrated from the first-person perspective of Charlie Howard – a crime writer and burglar. He is an English man – a fellow Bristolian in fact – living, and working, in Amsterdam. The book is well-written, funny, with … Continue reading →

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