Matt Beynon Rees's Blog

• Huff Post on Crime Fiction: What do you think?

  November 6, 2009

  • Huffington Post book blogger Jason Pinter has a column about "The State of the Crime Novel." It's a fairly Yankocentric appraisal of current crime writing by a series of top US reviewers. It includes this from veteran mystery columnist Oline H. Cogdill: "One of the main missions of crime novels is to paint a timely portrait of the issues in our times. This doesn't mean these novels ...
  • Continue Reading » 0 Comments

• Looking for somewhere to kill someone: suggestions please

  November 4, 2009

  • I’m always looking for a good spot in which to kill someone. Still, as a crime writer, I rarely have to ask about potential locations for a good murder. People are keen to suggest that the blood be spilled on their doorstep.Most recently, it was a pastor and his wife.To be fair, they actually said I ought to have my Palestinian detective Omar Yussef visit their church on the top of the Mount of ...
  • Continue Reading » 2 Comments

• Review: The year's best Police procedural

  October 30, 2009

  • Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo and PygmiesBy Stewart CopelandPublisher UK: The Friday Project US: HarperStudioJust because I write crime fiction doesn’t make me obsessed by The Police. However, this new memoir by The Police drummer is absolutely the most delightful surprise of the year. Copeland writes with the same verve and invention he displays in his deceptively tricky ...
  • Continue Reading » 0 Comments