Interview with Stefan Tegenfalk
Interview with Donald Bain
Interview with Dennis Lehane
Monthly Archives: April 2010
And the Edgar Awards went to…
Best Novel The Last Child by John Hart (Minotaur Books) Best First Novel By An American Author In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff (Minotaur Books) Best Paperback Original Body Blows by Marc Strange (Dundurn Press – Castle Street … Continue reading
The Edgars
The Edgar Awards (named after Edgar Allan Poe) will be presented tomorrow (April 29, 2010) by the Mystery Writers of America. The awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2009. The nominees for … Continue reading
Murder on the Eiffel Tower – A french crime story
I just love the book cover of this book. I was drawn to it instantly! The writer Claude Izner is really the two sisters Liliane Korb och Laurence Lefèvre who are experts in french 19th century history and are Book Sellers in Paris. … Continue reading
The Sacred Blood by Michael Byrnes
In Michael Byrnes’s first novel, the religious-themed thriller The Sacred Bones, Jesus Christ’s remains are studied by geneticist Charlotte Hennesey. Her boss discovers that DNA extracted from the bones has peculiar powers. They inject Charlotte with the DNA, which miraculously … Continue reading
Interview – Librarian
We are delighted to welcome Ola Kumlin from Emmaboda Library in Sweden to TheCrimeHouse. 1. What criminal novels are the most popular? The most popular criminal novel during 2009 was probably The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler. And of course the … Continue reading
First Novels
I really enjoy reading authors’ first novels, and my reviews here at TheCrimeHouse have largely reflected that. I think about my interest for first novels and draw a few conclusions. Ever since childhood I have aspired to become an author. … Continue reading
The Sacred Bones by Michael Byrnes
What better way to spend Easter than to read a religious-themed thriller? The Sacred Bones is Michael Byrnes’s first novel, and he skillfully blends fact and fiction to create a fast-paced page turner. An ancient burial box is stolen from … Continue reading
A French historical crime novel
The English Publishing Company Gallic (who concentrates on french litterature) sent a review copy of Jean-François Parot’s Nicolas Le Floch affair. For this I´m grateful because otherwise I would have missed this great book! This is the fourth book in the series about Nicolas Le … Continue reading
5 tips for Easter
Did you know that it is a tradition in Norway to read crime fiction during Easter? Now that´s a tradition i like! When you have had a enough of family, celebration and other stuff you need to do during easter, why … Continue reading
