Crime Scene @writing.ie - Book Reviews for March 2013

The Crime Scene Reviewers over at Writing.ie have been busy, and here are the reviews in for March 2013

Read review of The Trap  HERE

Read review of Stalkers  HERE

Read Review of Cross Bones Yard  HERE

Read Review of Another Kind of Country HERE

Read Review of The Healer HERE

Read Review of Good People HERE

Read Review of The City of Shadows HERE

Crime Scene Book Club Reader Reviews

This week's discerning bunch of Crime Scene book club readers give us some great reviews on Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah, Absolute Zero Cool by Declan Burke, and Taken by Niamh O'Connor!!!

Click To Read Reviews HERE


( Is it my imagination, or does my profile image look like an attempt to copy DI Jo Birmingham from Taken - ah maybe it's just the hair?)

Bad Moon Rising by Frances Di Plino

This week's Crime Scene @ www.writing.ie features reviews from readers on

Bad Moon Rising by Frances Di Plino.

To read reviews click HERE

For Interview with Frances Di Plino about 'Getting inside the Killer's Head' click HERE

She's Back!!!!!

Yes - It's Official ........ I am still alive!

But I've missed you all tons, and tons over the last six weeks.  No Twitter, No Facebook, No Blog, No Crime Scene, No Social Life, (honestly - zero social life), No Nothing, except, Family, Work and Editing!!

Will it all be worth it?  Not sure as yet - I can't see the wood for the trees, or the trees for the forest right now, either way, my editing brain requires rest and a return to normality. 

(What is normality?  I can't remember that either!)

But as I am now back, I come with good news:

Firstly,

I have loads of really brilliant posts to put up for competitions and other exciting events over the next few weeks, so keep an eye out for them:)

Secondly,

The Crime Scene Book Club will be back next week, I've received some great reader reviews over the last while, so you can catch up with them on the Crime Scene site over at www.writing.ie

Thirdly,

 I heard last week, I was awarded an Arts Bursary for Literature from South Dublin Arts.  There will be an Award Ceremony next week, so I'll bring back plenty of pics.

And Fourthly,
Hope you all like the new header, pic taken at Bohernabreena Reservoir during a temporary escape a couple of weeks ago.

And Finally,

Check out Stephen King's Quote for this Month over in the side panel, and if you haven't read his book 'On Writing' - well you're missing out on some great stuff:)

I'll do my best over the next few days to catch up with you all.  It's great to be back!!!! 

Crime Scene - The Boy in the Attic - Crimes against our Children

New Post for www.writing.ie Crime Scene

Writing about crime, fictional or real-life, carries with it a responsibility. A responsibility which is inherent in all good writing, the search to write a truth. Violent crimes are emotive and disturbing, especially when the innocent victim is a young adult, or a child. We ask ourselves why and how this can happen? But the questions multiply again, when the person, or persons, who committed the crime, are little more than children themselves.  To read more click...... HERE

Other related Crime Scene posts for March 2012

Why are we so interested in Crime? HERE

The explosion of Irish Crime Fiction/New Crime Scene Book Club HERE

Getting inside the Killer Head, with Frances de Plino HERE

Mel Sherrat talks about her novel, 'Taunting the Dead' HERE

New Crime Scene Book Club!

There has been an explosion in Irish Crime fiction recently, and it’s a phenomenon which is still gaining pace.

I attended a talk at NUI Maynooth a couple of weeks back discussing this very topic, and it would seem that not only has there been an upsurge in successful Irish Crime Writers/Writing, but the variety of prose within the genre has also been remarkable.

With Irish Crime Writing featuring so highly on the international scene, I got an idea which I hope you will be able to help me with.

Every month or so, I’m going to feature 6 crime novels as part of the New Crime Scene Book Club @writing.ie. They will be a mix of Irish and International writers, male & female, debut authors, and well established names, and also novels published only in digital format.

The idea is that you get a flavour of what’s happening within the Crime Scene Genre, and are given an opportunity to offer your feedback on the material currently available.

So why not pick just one title from the link below, read it, and then over the next month let me know what you think of it.

You can send your comments/reviews via the comment option at the Crime Scene site, or here at www.phillips-louise.com ,you can also email me at phillips.louisem0@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or even via Twitter @LouiseMPhillips -Sounds easy? Well most of the best things are!

The link to the main post @writing.ie Crime Scene Book Club, with books listed can be found HERE

HAPPY READING!!!!