Top Ten Heist Novels (This blog post by Mailan Doquang spotlights the Top Ten Heist Novels; though this list has the most recent books, this will serve as an appetizer when we consider some of the old classic heist novels). I have my mother to thank for my love of heists. She’s not a thief […]

Noir at the Bar by Liz Fielding Award-winning British women’s fiction author Liz Fielding turned to crime writing during the Covid pandemic “lockdown” when she finally got down to writing a story – inspired by an Open University documentary — that had been in her head for some years. Murder Among the Roses is shortlisted […]

Top Ten Fictional Women Detectives and PIs GUEST POST FOR THE STRAND FROM KARA THOMAS AUTHOR OF LOST TO DUNE ROAD, Thomas & Mercer   Crime fiction has come a long way in terms of how women characters are represented—gone are the days when women were either office secretaries or nagging wives to the male […]