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CWA Gold Dagger Short List 2010 CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2010, SPONSORED BY IAN FLEMING PUBLICATIONS LTD CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER 2010 The finalists in each category will be announced on Monday 9th August also CWA International Dagger - Johan Theorin - The Darkest Room CWA Dagger in the Library - Ariana Franklin CWA Non-Fiction Dagger - Ruth Dudley Edwards Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families’ Pursuit of Justice. CWA Short Story Dagger - Robert Ferrigno - Can You Help Me Out Here CWA Debut Dagger More information

“Focus on craft . . . because a good book will always find a home.” Acclaimed horror writer Christopher Ransom speaks with Chris High about his debut, The Birthing House, and second novel, The Haunting of James Hastings, the craft of research and his hopes for the future of books.

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010 - The Winner A Simple Act Of Violence – R J Ellory Reginald Hill winner of the inaugural Theakstons Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award

Chris High talking to Harlan Coben

AIEP/IAC Practical Guides to European Crime Fiction No.4 (Italy) Other in the series: France - Netherlands - Switzerland. The series co-ordinator - Bob Cornwell. More can be found at Crime Time where each profile is available to download in pdf format

Phil Rickman / John Dee Phil lives on the Welsh border where he writes and presents the book programme Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales.

The Bones of Avalon is also a kind of prequel to Phil Rickman’s first Glastonbury novel, The Chalice. Here’s Phil on what a bloody trial it was...

I never wanted to write an historical novel. I like contemporary situations, concise descriptions, and dialogue you can hear. John Dee, however, was tempting. Elizabeth I’s astrologer royal, adviser on the Hidden and occasional secret agent was regarded with suspicion in his day and has since been abused by some of the finest historians in the business. David Starkey is typical in considering him a con-man. But I’ve always liked Dee and couldn’t believe nobody had yet made him the paranoid protagonist of a darkly atmospheric Tudor mystery. So here it is, and I think it works. Dee’s the narrator. It’s 1560, he’s 32, Review by Bernard Knight More Phil Rickman titles TW's Book Address: http://www.tangled-web.co.uk/crimedigests/digests10/atlanticsu10.html#The%20Bones%20of%20Avalon

Truth, Lies and Fiction A Q & A with Peter Temple on the subject of his new book, Truth and review * by Bob Cornwell

The Dark Beginnings of Detective Fiction by Paul M. Chapman author of Birth of a Legend: Count Dracula, Bram Stoker and Whitby

Bernard Knight's Crowner John Series Readers comments

H. R. F. KEATING Inspector Ghote series