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The UK's Premiere Electronic Magazine for Crime & Mystery Fiction
In Association with Amazon.co.uk

update March 30th 2002

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EZINE ISSUES

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The Magazine
How it all started
The Archives
Shots in print
How to Contribute
Are you a frustrated reviewer or writer? Come here and find out how you can write for Shots
Links
All those good hyperlinks to other crime/mystery sites
Crimebeat
Keep up with the news
Books for Sale
Hundreds of paperbacks and hardbacks for sale at very reasonable rates

FEATURED ARTICLES
CRIME WRITERS' FAVOURITES
Andrew Taylor on:
Writing Crime Fiction
THE BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
an intimate look on judging the prestigious Crime Writers' Association award

AUTHOR PROFILES
ED McBAIN
MARC BLAKE
LIONEL DAVIDSON
JOHN COLAPINTO

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Let me welcome to the new ezine. It's been a hectic couple of months since the last one but I've been working on improving the site, making it more user-friendly, at least that is what I hope. From your feedback I've made a few adjustments and would like to thank you for taking the time in letting me know where I was going wrong (and right). So what have we for you in this Issue?

Val McDermid Interview

Nevada Barr on writing HUNTING SEASON plus an excerpt

Paul Doherty's short story THE KYRIE MAN

Stark Contrasts Michael Carlson examines the pulp fiction of Richard Stark


Calling all budding writers: Want to see your story on the site? Just click here to find out how.

Have you got what it takes to be a Writer? by Fiona Shoop

It Could Only Happen in Hollywood


hotstop Extract from John Connolly's THE WHITE ROAD



LATEST BOOK REVIEWS
A Promise to the Past by James G.Brown
A Waste of Shame by Jim Lusby
25th Hour by David Benioff
Chill Factor by Stuart Pawson
Code 61 by Donald Harstad
Dark Fields by Alan Glynn
The Deadhouse by Linda Farstein
Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson
Eager to Please by Julie Parsons
Final Country by James Crumley
Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain
Gone Tomorrow by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Goodbye Holly Jane by Maureen Peters
The Hearse Case Scenario by Tim Cockey
London Boulevard by Ken Bruen
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes - The Missing Years edited by Jamyang Norbuone
Man and Wife by Andrew Klavan
The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
The Nightwalker by Roy Lewis
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Thermal Image by Pat O'Keefe
Under the Influence by Charles Spencer
Wilful Behaviour by Donna Leon
 added on March 13th
In a Strange City by Laura Lippman
The Procession by Jeff Gulvan
Smokescreen by Robert Saabag
Tarmac by Lynne Heitman

RECENT BOOK REVIEWS

The Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin
The Missing Piece by Antoine Bello
The Master of Rain by Tom Bradby
Cutter by Thomas Laird
Snakehead by Peter May
Critical Space by Greg Rucka
Small Vices by David Armstrong
The Chariots of Calyx by Rosemary Rowe
The Oath by John Lescroart
Candleland by Martyn Waites
A Carra King by John Brady
Strangers in Town by Ross Macdonald
Kisses of Death by Max Allan Collins
Silent Joe by Jefferson Parker

RECENT INTERVIEWS

ED McBAIN interview with Mike Stotter 28/1/02


RECENT ARTICLES

Andrew Taylor on
THE BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
an intimate look on judging the prestigious Crime Writers' Association award
28/1/02

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