Do Some Damage: Take ‘Genre vs. Literature’ Out Back with a Shovel...

Do Some Damage: Take ‘Genre vs. Literature’ Out Back with a Shovel...: My reaction to the recent Book Riot article, 12 Mystery Novels for Fans of Literary Novels  by Heather Bottoms, was "Oh, dear God.&qu...

Literature vs genre is a battle where both sides lose (The Guardian)

Literature vs genre is a battle where both sides lose (The Guardian)

Market Call-- Dark Crime Novellas for Dark Passages Publishing

Dark Passages Publishing, a new genre imprint of ELJ Publications, is seeking dark crime novella manuscript submissions for our 2016 catalogue.

Give us something nebulous, something gritty, something radical, compelling stories with intriguing characters and quality writing.

We accept manuscripts from 15,000-35,000 words.

Please submit original material only; no reprints. We do not accept multiple submissions. Please submit the entire

manuscript in PDF format. Manuscripts must include word count and pagination.

We read BLIND. Please do not include any personal or biographical information in the coverletter or submission itself. Failure to comply with our guidelines may result in a delay of considering your submission and/or declination of your work.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable so long as we are notified in your coverletter and if/when your work is accepted by another press. We do not permit multiple submissions. You may submit again only after you receive a declination.

If your work is accepted by another press, please let us know where it was accepted in your withdrawal so we can send our many congratulations.

Please forward your manuscript to darkpassagespublishingATgmailDOTcom. We aim to respond to your submission within 4-8 weeks of receipt.

Please address any questions to darkpassagespublishingATgmailDOTcom.

Via Fiction Southeast-- “Through a Glass Darkly: Crime Fiction as a Window on American Culture” by Dennis Palumbo

“Through a Glass Darkly: Crime Fiction as a Window on American Culture” by Dennis Palumbo

Crime Review Update--- New issue of Crime Review

As posted elsewhere....

In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we
have sixteen reviews (http://), together with Andrew Lane in the Countdown
interview hot seat:

Crime Review can be followed on Twitter: @CrimeReviewUK
Linda Wilson can be followed on Twitter: @CrimeReviewer
Sharon Wheeler can be followed on Twitter: @lartonmedia

This week’s reviews are:
THE SILKWORM by Robert Galbraith, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
PI Cormoran Strike gets caught up in London’s literary community when he
investigates the disappearance of an unpopular writer.

COCKROACHES by Jo Nesbo, reviewed by Tracy Johnson
The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room in
Bangkok. Detective Harry Hole is despatched to investigate but few people
are willing to talk and he once again faces danger from hidden adversaries.

THE FINAL SILENCE by Stuart Neville, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When Rea Carlisle forces open a locked door in the house of her dead uncle,
she finds a scrapbook with a difference, not full of family photos, but of
things like fingernails and hair, mementoes of his victims.

THE QUEEN’S MAN by Rory Clements, reviewed by John Cleal
John Shakespeare is ordered to investigate a plot to free Mary, Queen of
Scots, but discovers its roots go deep into his native Warwickshire and
threaten his own family. How far will he go to protect them?

KILL AND TELL by Adam Creed, reviewed by Chris Roberts
DI Will Wagstaffe is desperate to find evidence to exonerate a subordinate
of the murder for which he is on remand, but the disappearance of a man
with Sicilian ancestry is a distraction.

A NASTY PIECE OF WORK by Robert Littell, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Lemuel Gunn has been forcibly retired by the CIA and is seeking to make a
living as a private detective. Enter the alluring Ornella Neppi who asks
him to locate a man called Emilio Gava, a drug dealer who she suspects is
about to jump the $125,000 bail posted by her uncle. Needing the money and
sexually attracted to her, he agrees.

THE GHOST RIDERS OF ORDEBEC by Fred Vargas, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Paris police Commissaire Adamsberg and his team visit rural Ordebec where a
girl’s visions of a medieval hoard presage four deaths.

THE DEATH TRADE by Jack Higgins, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Sean Dillon, former IRA enforcer-turned-member of the security service, has
to find a way of getting to an Iranian nuclear scientist before al-Qaeda do.

A LETTER OF MARY by Laurie R King, reviewed by John Cleal
Mary Russell Holmes and her husband Sherlock’s retirement is interrupted
when a figure from Mary’s past arrives with a gift – an inlaid box
containing a stained papyrus which could prove a biblical bombshell. When
the visitor is run down a day later, the Holmes investigate her murder and
its motives.

FORTY DAYS WITHOUT SHADOW by Olivier Truc, reviewed by Chris Roberts
When the theft of a valued native drum and the killing of a reindeer
breeder occur within a few days of each other, the Reindeer Police face
more than arctic winter conditions in their efforts to secure justice.

THE BONE SEEKER by MJ McGrath, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
The murder of a young Inuit girl uncovers menacing secrets and cover-ups
from the past in the High Arctic

THE MANGLE STREET MURDERS by MRC Kasasian, reviewed by John Cleal
Noted ‘personal’ detective Sidney Grice begrudgingly accepts help from his
ward March Middleton to solve a series of brutal knife murders which are
terrifying the East End of Victorian London.

THAT DARK REMEMBERED DAY by Tom Vowler, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When Stephen is told his mother isn’t well, he knows he has to face up to
his past and return to the village where he grew up, but he dreads going
back. The past is something he simply doesn’t want to have to deal with,
but that isn’t an option any more.

ATONEMENT OF BLOOD by Peter Tremayne, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
An assassination attempt is made on Colgu, King of Cashel. Fidelma, his
sister, decides to try to find out who did it. A long journey ensues in
which she makes good use of her skills as a lawyer.

THE EDGE OF NORMAL by Carla Norton, reviewed by John Cleal
Recovering kidnap survivor Reeve LeClaire is asked to help a young girl
rescued from a similar situation and unintentionally becomes involved in
the hunt for a vicious sexual predator who may be holding other girls
captive.

CRACKED by Eliza Crewe, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Meda’s on her own now her mum’s dead, but she still does her best to live
up to the values her mum instilled in her. But it can be hard at times,
especially the bit about not eating people’s souls.

Best wishes.

Sharon

Via Edward W. Robertson-- Self-Publishing’s Share of the Kindle Market by Genre

I spend far too much time reading and nearly zero time writing anything beyond book reviews. But, becuase I read so much and am on so many lists I saw this mentioned on one of the lists I am on this evening. I thought it was very interesting.

Self-Publishing’s Share of the Kindle Market by Genre

My thanks to Susan Furlong-Bolliger (Speaking of folks you should be reading)

Via Barry---- The Brutalist: A Gil Brewer Retrospective by Chris Morgan

Suggested reading here from Barry: "The Brutalist: A Gil Brewer Retrospective" by Chris Morgan.