This gargantuan beast of a book concludes a story arc which began some six volumes ago in The Wolf In Winter. Far from being bare bones, A Book Of Bones is an extended, immersive and intense reading experience which delightfully disrupts commercial publishing conventions. For one thing, this is a 700 page epic – a…
Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s upon us now! So let’s settle down with something on the spooky side of crime fiction. Here’s the first of this week’s special selection of chilling thrillers, exploring the mysterious hinterland between hardboiled noir and the beasts which prowl in the far beyond… Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg Let’s kick…
This is an astonishing film, the like of which you’d normally find in art house theatres and rarely in multiplex cinemas. For a short film – just over 70 minutes – Small Town Murder Songs packs an awful lot into its bleak and beautiful depiction of a remote and religious community in rural Canada. If…
