Skinner’s Festival

Hour of Darkness

18 November 2014 by Louise Leave a Comment

When I wrote my first Top Ten Crime Writers article one of the names I included was Quentin Jardine, creator of Edinburgh cop Bob Skinner. I adored the first few books in the Skinner series. Skinner’s Rules and Skinner’s Festival are among the best Scottish crime fiction I’ve ever read…

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Bob Skinner, crime novels, exposition, Hour of Darkness, Quentin Jardine, Scottish crime, Skinner's Festival, Skinner's Rules, Tartan Noir

Top Ten: Crime Writers (Part Two)

3 May 2013 by Louise Leave a Comment

One of my most consistently popular articles is my Top Ten Crime Writers feature. It is my second most viewed post beaten only by the In Praise of Trailers article. In that I listed 10 crime writers I love..

Filed Under: Top 10 Tagged With: A Means of Escape, Agatha Raisin, Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death, Asa Larsson, CJ Sansom, crime fiction, Crime writers, DCI Tom Thorne, Deal Breaker, Death of a Gossip, Dissolution, Dominion, Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, Enid Blyton, Five on a Treasure Island, Hamish MacBeth, Harlen Coban, Ian Rankin, Jane Tennison, Joanna Price, Lazy Bones, Lynda La Plante, M.C. Beaton, Mark Billingham, Matthew Shardlake, Minette Walters, Prime Suspect, Quentin Jardine, Rebus, Scandinavian crime fiction, Silent Scream, Skinner's Festival, Skinner's Rules, Sleepyhead, Tell No One, The Blood Spilt, The Famous Five, The Ice House, The Savage Altar, The Scold's Bridle, The Secret Seven, Top Tens