Among the plethora of crime-fiction-related blogs, columns, and review sites now available on the Web, few are as consistently entertaining as Mike Ripley’s “Getting Away with Murder,” a column that appears (with what frequency I haven’t yet determined, perhaps bimonthly) in the British e-zine Shots.
Ripley, as you probably know already, is a crime-fiction critic and novelist (Angel’s Share, the latest entry in his humorous P.I. Roy Angel series, is just available in UK bookstores). His Shots column is plump full of personality, clever asides, and valuable information about upcoming works. The newest installment, for instance, addresses subjects ranging from Robert Ludlum’s posthumous proliferation of new fiction, to crime in translation, to “bitchy reviews” in The Daily Telegraph and the coming release of two Alistair MacLean omnibuses (Sea Thrillers and Arctic Thrillers).
Check it out here when the boss isn’t looking over your shoulder.
Monday, November 13, 2006
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Ripley is not the author of the Mammoth in question. His only connection being that he IS an entry therein, as are 1000 or so other authors.
And as to 'bitchy reviews' in the Daily Telegraph, it's worth remembering that Ripley was the crime reviewer for the Telegraph until he got the push and is now relegated to reviewing the provincial press in Birmingham's Evening Post. Sour grapes?
Whoops. Thanks for the correction. It is Mike ASHLEY who's the writer/editor of THE MAMMOTH ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN CRIME FICTION. Chalk the mistake up to a late night of work. I've made the correction in the post.
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