Quotes from Authors and Publishers

• "Tangled Web UK has emerged as crime fiction's Mecca on the Internet, an award-winning site that promotes the genre all over the world. It provides a textbook example of how a a well-designed web site can actually encourage reading. British crime writers - and their readers all over the world - have already found it an invaluable resource for research, promotion, reviews, etc. Its range of author profile pages is a particularly useful - and indeed unique - facility. On top of this, Tangled Web UK designed and maintains the web site of the Crime Writers' Association. Now it badly needs funding to expand its operations on the Internet. If their bid for Lottery funding is successful, the result will benefit literally thousands of readers.
  Andrew Taylor (Press Officer of the Crime Writers' Assocation)."
• "Tangled Web provides the world with a here-and-now view of crime fiction in the UK. At present, crime is one of the most exciting fields in world literature, and British crime fiction is enjoying a 'golden age', winning awards worldwide and giving readers everywhere a new and important view of life in Britain.
  Tangled Web provides all the information you could want. I know readers from places as diverse as Canada, Japan and Sweden who have been introduced to my work by means of my web pages on Tangled Web. It's a tremendous resource; I
  can't think of life without it!" Ian Rankin
• "Tangled Web is quite simply *the* site to visit regularly if you love crime fiction. Good-looking and great reading, Tangled Web provides a feast of timely news, reviews and information that far surpasses anything available in print from the news agent. The site is obviously put together by people who love books, but who do more than merely hype their favourite writer or publisher. Engaging, reliable and independent, Tangled Web is an essential site for genre fans of all stripes.
  Jay Russell

• A friend has aol with graphics and a color printer and she printed out my Tangled Web page for me. It looked gorgeous. I tell other authors that you have the best mystery web site on the internet. Tony Fennelly

• "Tangled Web UK provides a unique guide to crime in cyberspace. Its combination of author profiles, news, reviews and articles gives readers instant access to a wealth of information about mystery fiction old and new and encourages them to explore more widely this fascinating genre." Martin Edwards
• I know how important Tangled Web is in making British writers known abroad. Crime writing constitutes a valuable export: readers in Scaninavian countries, France, Germany, Japan, Canada and the United States love British-based mysteries and crime thrillers. With Tangled Web, they are able to extend their reading beyond Christie, Sayers and Conan Doyle to encompass a broad range of living British authors. And, in turn, the interest and income provided by foreign buyers is important to the financial survival of British writers at home. Keep Tangled Web alive! Michelle Spring , CWA member and author of Every Breath You Take, Running for Shelter, Standing in the Shadows
• Tangled Web are doing a first class job of promoting crime writing in the UK and their library activities deserve some sort of award at a time when library use in the UK is declining. With the scant space given to crime fiction in the national press, their web pages are badly needed by readers interested in knowing what's new, what author's backlists are, and what's happening in the crime fiction world. Janet Laurence, Vice Chairman and Dagger Liaison Officer, Crime Writers' Association
• The great thing about an on-line magazine devoted to crime fiction is that not only is it a superb and ever-changing reference source but it's also a means of direct contact - with authors, publishers, critics, booksellers, and best of all, with fans like oneself. Russell James
• We have been delighted with the consistency of Tangled Webb in reviewing a wide range of Little, Brown crime books. Rosalie Macfarlane, Little, Brown
• "Tangled Web is woven into the fabric of the British crime scene - a virtual bookshop which is virtually indispensable for readers and writers alike." Peter Guttridge
• Tangled Web is an invaluable research site for both crime writers and crime readers. It's my first port of call when searching for details of a new or backlisted book. The forensic information helps me to provide realistic background to my fiction. The site is entertaining too. Some Internet sites let style triumph over content - but Tangled Web has numerous pages of insightful text. -- Carol Anne Davis
• Keep up the excellent work. It still is the best laid-out and best presented site on the web.  The pages (Do Not Press) are absolutely great. (Jim Driver)

• I've just read through the author page and I think it's really excellent. Frank Lean
• ...thanks again for the page. It looks so impressive if I weren't me I think I'd go out and order them [the books}!
  Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
• You are doing a great job for all crime-writers! Jane Jakeman

• The page is brilliant. Thanks. Ron Ellis