In Sweden we only have a few Professors in Criminology and one of them is Leif GW Persson.
Persson has worked as a consultant for the police and state for many years. He is  a big TV-personality and has among other things been an expert on the TV-show Efterlyst (Crime Watch) for many years. He is loved by [...]

In Sweden we celebrate Midsummer today to celebrate the time of year where the Summer Solstice. Where I live the sun goes down around 22.00 and up 03.40 but in the north of Sweden the sun doesn´t go down at during the summer months!
This is also a time when a lot of people start their [...]

We at TheCrimeHouse are very happy to welcome crime author Sara Paretsky to this interview!
On the photograph to the left you see Paretsky with the Cartier Diamond Dagger she recieved in 2002. The award is given by the Crime Writers´ Association of Great Britain to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime’s contribution to the crime fiction [...]

A couple of months ago I realized that I hadn´t read one single asian crime novel. That´s a real scandal! There should be at least a couple of crime writers on the biggest continent in the world don´t you think? Something has to be done!
I found this list by Catherine Sampson where she lists 10 crime novels [...]

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 Mysteries)

Best Critical/Biographical

The Lineup: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives edited by [...]

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 best novel are:

The Missing by Tim Gautreaux (Random House – Alfred A. Knopf)
The Odds by Kathleen [...]

We are glad to Welcome the American crime fiction columnist and reviewer Oline H. Cogdill to TheCrimeHouse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           About:  Oline H. Cogdill has been a journalist for more than 30 years and is a mystery fiction columnist for the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, She also reviews mystery fiction for Mystery Scene magazine, Publishers Weekly and McClatchy Features Wire. [...]

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 Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson.
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2. Which criminal novel(s) would you recommend?
I actually don’t read that many criminal novels, but [...]

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. (I respectfully decline comments stating “you cannot write, so forget about it.”) Therefore I think it [...]

The Mystery Café in San Diego, CA, is an interactive murder mystery dinner theater where the dinner is served by the “suspects” while you solve the mystery. Or so I thought.
The dinner theater part was true, but there was not much of an interactive murder mystery. Sure, a cast member died towards the end of [...]