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.The spy at the Edinburgh Festival reports...- August 9, 2008 ... that copies of both P. D. James's and Val McDermid's new novels are on sale at the book tent there. So you know where to go if you simply can't wait to read these! According to Amazon, P. D. James's The Private Patient is published on 4 September 2008. According to Amazon, Val McDermid's A Darker Domain is published on 1 September 2008. Thanks to ScotKris for the inside information.http://itsacrime.typepad.com/its_a_crime_or_a_mystery/2008/08/the-spy-at-the-edinburgh-fes... Second Violin, John Lawton in pb just in time for your holiday Er, no...- August 4, 2008 John Lawton's latest instalment in the Frederick Troy series, Second Violin is due out in paperback on 7 August, here in the UK. This is just in time for those of you yet to take your annual summer holiday and wish to pack a paperback, or more. I feel neither shame nor embarrassment at mentioning this novel again, because I adore this series. Second Violin takes us back to the time of WWII and because of the family Troy's interests and business activities we are able to experience a...http://itsacrime.typepad.com/its_a_crime_or_a_mystery/2008/08/second-violin-john-lawton-in... Takin' Over the Asylum - again - the DVD- August 3, 2008 I shall come back to the Harrogate experience in a later post. But these last couple of weeks have seen me retreating from the sitting position (and hence the PC for posting here) due to a fall on my backside at Harrogate. It hurt. It still does. Less so now, but not enough to say "Whoopee!" yet. I read for a while - not crime - and then I hit the sofa and some long-held DVDs worthy of a look. I preferred the visual for a few days and I started with my recent purchase of the recent...http://itsacrime.typepad.com/its_a_crime_or_a_mystery/2008/08/the-week-that-was-some-good-... Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival at Harrogate: the 2008 experience- August 3, 2008 This was my fourth visit and I have to admit it was the one I enjoyed best. It was great to see old friends and acquaintances again, and to make new contacts. Let's approach this chronologically. Thursday Night: The opening night party was the best experienced so far. It also proved to be the start of spending quite a bit of time in the company of author Zo Sharp and her hubbie Andy over the weekend. Andy has a cracking sense of humour and knows how to make you laugh - even when it hurts to do..http://itsacrime.typepad.com/its_a_crime_or_a_mystery/2008/08/theakstons-old-peculier-crim... |