Receiving a visitor was a rare event in Maude’s ground-floor flat so she opened a brand new packet of chocolate digestives. “Thank you, Mrs Hopper” said the young policewoman when her biscuits were in front of her with a cup…
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Fiction Review: You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas
If nobody who has influence thinks it’s worth using it for you, what’s to stop them using you? The answer, it appears when the New Delhi police find the body of a raped and mutilated woman, is nothing at all.…
Tagged with: Book review, crime fiction, Damyanti Biswas, Thriller, You Beneath Your Skin
Posted in Book review: fiction, Wednesday Pontification
Posted in Book review: fiction, Wednesday Pontification
Arctic Adagio is on NetGalley
My recently published novelette is on NetGalley all month, available to download for anyone who would like to review it. If that’s you, just click, register and download. I’ll appreciate any or all honest reviews. Much as I’d like you…
Tagged with: Arctic Adagio, crime fiction, Dystopia, Novelette, Novella, science fiction
Posted in Giveaway, Publishing news
Posted in Giveaway, Publishing news
Arctic Adagio sets sail
How do you catch a murderer when your suspects own the law? Superintendent Rex Harme’s job is to protect the super-rich from pirates and anarchists. It’s not his job to investigate them. If they cared to be investigated, they wouldn’t…
Another Man’s Picture Frames
A slight break from normality in this week’s Hooptedoodle: Steve Oliver at The Dark City Mystery Magazine has been kind enough to publish Another Man’s Picture Frames where it enjoys the company of four other noirish tales in volume 4…
Tagged with: Another Man's Picture Frames, crime fiction, Dark City Mystery Magazine, Flash fiction
Posted in Publishing news, Saturday Hooptedoodle
Posted in Publishing news, Saturday Hooptedoodle
A Gun at a Knife Fight
Ryan was just beginning to appreciate his second beer when Jared said, “I got something to show you,” pulled a gun from under his jacket and held it under the table. “Look at it. Just look at it.” “Jesus!” Ryan…
The Listening Spider
Tuesday evening was when Sharon killed her husband. Wednesday evening was when she found herself talking to a spider for the first time. “The one has nothing to do with the other,” she told the spider, which was skulking under…
Little Baz Asks Nicely
I was coming out of Aldi when the boy punched me in the face. It wasn’t much of a punch. I didn’t even drop my three microwave chicken tikka masalas and two pints of milk. “What d’you do that for?”…
A Shilling for a Copper
Graham was supposed to walk beside Bill, but somehow he was always half a pace behind. A brand new copper was ranked far behind a constable with twelve years on the job in his actions, so it felt right even…
Tagged with: crime fiction, Flash fiction, Microfiction, short story
Posted in Saturday Hooptedoodle
Posted in Saturday Hooptedoodle
Cold Freedom
You want to know why I was waving a knife around in that shop? It’s a fair question, constable, so I’ll give you a fair answer. It was because there wouldn’t be no kids in a booze shop. They might’ve…
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