02 January 2008

January Big Thrill is out

The January edition of The Big Thrill, the magazine of the International Thriller Writers, is now out. As well as all the usual articles, a new regular feature begins this month called Between The Lines, "an in-depth look at the business of writing thrillers", this month an interview with David Morrell (a recent book of his, Creepers, is discussed here. I read the book recently but found it too disappointing to review).

The first highlight of the new issue is implied to be a review of Tom Cain's The Accident Man - which turns out to be a short paragraph about the book. If you'd like to read a fuller review, mine can be read here (at Euro Crime).

The other featured reviews are also limited to short, promotional paragraphs, so you might find the interviews are a more rewarding read, for example this one, in which Linda Richards talks about her latest novel (with a wonderful cover) "Death was the Other Woman".

2 Jan 2008 11:05:17 | Magazines

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