Hello all.
I'm a host, I hope that doesn't imply anything imoral, the
tea pot is warming and there are biscuits on the table.
I hope those that want to have had a chance to read some UK
noir or hardboiled. UK crime fiction seems to be in pretty
healthy shape at the moment - although of course there is
good and bad, personally I can't stand Arnott and am not mad
on Timlin, who is generally well regarded and as a
contributer to Crime Time and a critic for the Independent
(well respected liberal leaning bradsheet newspaper) is
influential as well.
Who do you like? Is there a Brit style? There is much talk of
a new generation, Peace, Timlin, Arnott, Blincoe, etc etc, as
Al will testify Scottish HB is thriving and
distinctive.
I dunno folks, you know more than I do, but talk to each
other damn you.
All the best, Colin, who has just done a Rankin blitz on the
St Leonard's Years omnibus and an excellent reading of Hide
and Seek by the superb Bill Patterson, a great story given
what I think is the best reading I've heard for a flippin
long time.
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