IT'S A CRIME! (OR A MYSTERY...)For crime & thriller fiction (mainly UK); new & emerging authors; authors who deserve more attention; crime on screen; literary festivals; author & other events; the odd amusing thing; the odd rant and some politics creeping through.GUEST BLOG: Simon Lewis talks about Bad Traffic and his plans for his (fiction) future...- July 7, 2008 It is an honour to be asked to guest blog on It's a Crime. My book BAD TRAFFIC is supposed to be a fast paced, noirish thriller - with its story of a brutal lawman seeking revenge in a wild and inhospitable territory, it could be described as a western; except the lawman is Chinese, and the 'wilderness' is rural England. The book began life as a response to two real crimes: the death by suffocation of Chinese illegal immigrants in a lorry container at Dover, and the drowning of the cockle...http://itsacrime.typepad.com/its_a_crime_or_a_mystery/2008/07/simon-lewis-talks-about-bad-... Bad Traffic - Simon Lewis- July 7, 2008 For something unique, original and fresh in the crime fiction and thriller genre, Bad Traffic serves up something that makes the grade, without doubt. Where some say crime fiction authors reflect the society we live in, Simon Lewis proves himself a master here. He calls on recent crimes we hate to read about, with much sensitivity and with absolutely no sense of capitalising for the sake of a commercial story. Bad Traffic's author Simon Lewis knows China, possibly more than you or I could ever..http://itsacrime.typepad.com/its_a_crime_or_a_mystery/2008/07/bad-traffic---simon-lewis.ht... Simon Lewis - Bad Traffic- July 7, 2008 I'm handing over the next 24-48 hrs to Simon Lewis and his current novel, Bad Traffic. He deserves it. I loved Bad Traffic and I hope it is the start of many even better things to come. He will talk about it later in a guest blog. Not that he starts at sub-station-zero - he doesn't. In Bad Traffic he proves he is a consummate plotter and an author with depth of imagination and understanding. Ignore Bad Traffic at your peril! Do come back for more.http://itsacrime.typepad.com/its_a_crime_or_a_mystery/2008/07/simon-lewis---bad-traffic.ht... Poisoned Pen Press (UK) to close down...- July 7, 2008 Laurie R. King reported on her blog yesterday that her "beloved Poisoned Pen Press (UK) is closing up shop". She added that those in the UK who wish to purchase PPP editions of her novels will have to hurry as they "still have copies of The Art of Detection (hardcover and paperback) and Touchstone, and a very few of A Grave Talent". This is sad news and it appears to leave both Laurie R. King and Ruth Dudley Edwards (winner of the Last Laugh Award for Murdering Americans)...http://itsacrime.typepad.com/its_a_crime_or_a_mystery/2008/07/poisoned-pen-press-uk-to-clo... |