Rezensionen: Dan Brown: “Inferno” II

Dan Browns neuer Roman “Inferno” ist erschienen, Besprechungen dazu gibt es unter anderem von Jake Kerridge im Telegraph, von Steven Poole im Guardian oder in der New York Times von Janet Maslin, in der Los Angeles Times von Carolyn Kellogg.

Rezensionen: Davis, Taylor, Shepherd, Kerr

Jake Kerridge surveys the latest crop of historical crime novels, including Lindsey Davis’ “The Ides of April”, Andrew Taylor’s “The Scent of Death”, Lynn Shepherd’s “A Treacherous Likeness” and Philip Kerr’s “A Man without Breath”.

Portrait: Fred Vargas

France’s most acclaimed crime writer is a fan of both Stendhal and P G Wodehouse. Jake Kerridge meets the delightfully deceiving Fred Vargas.

Portrait: MC Beaton

Jake Kerridge profiles MC Beaton, the crime writer who’s the third most borrowed author in Britain.

Kurzrezensionen: Benn, Mackay, Hurley, Bauer

Jake Kerridge reviews “Chamber Music” by Tom Benn, “The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter” by Malcolm Mackay, “Western Approaches” by Graham Hurley and “Rubbernecker” by Belinda Bauer.

Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”

John Rebus is lucky to be alive. In 2007 Rankin hinted that his forthcoming novel “Exit Music” would see his cantankerous cop killed off. Not since his fellow Edinburgh crime writer Conan Doyle bumped off Sherlock Holmes has there been such an outcry from readers.

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A heated debate took place at last week’s Harrogate Crime Writing Festival over the value of ebooks vs print, says Jake Kerridge.

Rezension: Tom Williams: “Raymond Chandler, a Life”

There never was a private detective like Philip Marlowe. As his creator Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) once wrote: “The real-life private eye is a sleazy little drudge …He has about as much moral stature as a stop-and-go sign.”