Severn House on Twitter

Severn House publishers have recently joined twitter at #severnhouse and have recently tweeted the following nuggets regarding Paul Doherty and Paul Johnston:

Acclaimed historical crime writer Paul Doherty has signed up 2 write 2 new Athelstan medieval mysteries for our new Creme imprint!

and

Pleased to say we've signed 2 new novels in the Alex Mavros series, the award-winning Greek-based detective series by Paul Johnston

Paul Johnston's Alex Mavros series (of three books) was re-published by MIRA in 2009.

I will post more about the new Creme list soon.

New Reviews: Campbell, Doherty, Hughes, James, Jungstedt, Rayne

Here are this week's reviews:

Terry Halligan reviews the paperback edition of Karen Campbell's After the Fire which is a strong contender for his top 5 of 2010;

Craig Sisterson goes to Ancient Egypt with Paul Doherty's The Anubis Slayings;

Michelle Peckham enjoyed the new Ed Loy, PI from Declan Hughes: City of Lost Girls;

Maxine Clarke is disappointed with the "mind of a killer" scenes in Peter James's Dead Like You but enjoys The Killer's Art by Mari Jungstedt, tr. Tiina Nunnally much more

and Amanda Gillies has high praise for Sarah Rayne's new chiller (set in the Fens), House of the Lost.

Previous reviews can be found in the review archive and forthcoming titles can be found by author or date, here.

New Reviews: Camilleri, Cross, Doherty, MacLean, Weeks

The compilation of Euro Crime reviewers' favourites from last year is almost complete. Early indications are that Scandinavian writers will take the first three places...

This week, the following reviews have been added to the review archive over on the main Euro Crime website:

New Reviews:

Michelle Peckham reviews this month's competition prize, The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri;

Maxine Clarke reviews Burial by Neil Cross which she believes will be a big hit;

Mike Ripley reviews The Spies of Sobeck by Paul Doherty;

Pat Austin reviews The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean which after a shaky start, she couldn't put down

and Maxine also reviews Lee Weeks's The Trophy Taker which is the first in a new series set in Hong Kong.

Previous reviews can be found in the review archive and forthcoming titles can be found here.

The competition is back - go here to see how you can win a copy of The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri.

New Reviews

Here are this week's new reviews and details of the new competition.

Latest Reviews:

In the latest Crime File from Mike Ripley, he reviews The Manor of Death by Bernard Knight, Murder's Immortal Mask by Paul Doherty, A Killing Frost by R D Wingfield and Dog Eats Dog by Iain Levison;

Norman Price reviews the paperback release of Cross by Ken Bruen saying that "If you haven't read Ken Bruen yet then you are missing some the finest crime fiction being written today";

Maxine Clarke reviews Black Seconds by Karin Fossum, which has also just come out in paperback, and believes it's even better than Calling Out for You/The Indian Bride;

Terry Halligan reviews the latest in the award winning series by Ariana Franklin, The Death Maze which was released in the US as The Serpent's Tale;

Maxine also reviews the second in the Gotland set series from Mari Jungstedt, Unspoken calling it "a great read"

and new reviewer Eve Olsen is less than impressed with Julia Navarro's The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud with its cardboard characters and lack of research.

Current Competition (closing date 31 May):

Win a signed copy of Spider by Michael Morley*

* UK/Europe only

February's first reviews and competitions

Here are this week's new reviews and details of February's competitions:

Latest Reviews:

In Mike Ripley's January crime file, he reviews Death in Hellfire by Deryn Lake, The Templar by Paul Doherty, Death at Dawn by Caro Peacock and The Garden of Evil by David Hewson;

Fiona Walker reviews The Patience of The Spider by Andrea Camilleri which has just been published in the UK;

Maxine Clarke was relieved that Asa Larsson's The Savage Altar (aka Sun Storm) was every bit as good as she'd hoped;

Laura Root enjoyed last month's competition prize - Bad Traffic by Simon Lewis;

Maxine finds Sjowall and Wahloo's third Martin Beck book, The Man on the Balcony to be a "lean and compelling novel"

and I review the first in a new series: Into the Shadows by Shirley Wells - set in a small Lancashire village where the hunts for a domestic murderer and a serial killer collide.


Current Competitions (closing date 29 February):

Win a copy of A Vengeful Longing by R N Morris (no geographical restrictions)

Win a copy of Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn (UK & Europe only)

(geographical restrictions are in brackets)