Posted by Prof. Brian Stoddart on August 27, 2014 · 4 Comments
Over the past few weeks I have been preoccupied with the new adventure in writing, becoming a crime novelist. As many of you know, A Madras Miasma was taken up by Tom Vater and Hans Kemp of Crime Wave Press – many thanks, guys – and appeared first in e-version then quickly in paperback on … Continue reading →
Category A Madras Miasma, Angela Savage, Barry Maitland, Chris Le Fanu, Denise Mina, Dominique Manotti, Doug Johnstone, Fred Vargas, Garry Disher, Ian Rankin, J.I.M.Stewart, Jeff Siger, Liam McIlvanney, Madras, Megan Abbott, Michael Robotham, Michael Stanley, Quentin Bates, Robert Darke, Ruth Downie, Stav Sherez, Theakston, William Ryan
In any reading life there occasionally comes along a spell where everything picked up (or now, rather, downloaded) turns out a winner. That probably mirrors the broader life itself: for the most part things meander along neither exceptionally nor unexceptionably, sometimes they turn ordinary to mediocre or even poor, every so often abysmal, leavened now … Continue reading →