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Holloway FallsImagine THE SWEENEY directed by David Lynch, or GET CARTER by Frank Capra. Imagine BRIGHTON ROCK by way of Elmore Leonard. Imagine the dream of a wondRead More
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Natural HistoryThey say that a parent's worst nightmare is to suffer the death of a child. But what if there's something worse? The new novel from the top ten bestsRead More
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Sunday Star-Times, August 14, 2010
...had new crime fiction from Paddy Richardson, Paul Cleave and Vanda Symon, as well as 'inpats' Wellington-based Englishman Neil Cross and Dunedin-based Scot Liam McIlvanney. More than a dozen New Zealanders are now regularly writing crime-based thrillers....
The Australian, May 19, 2010
...NEIL Cross has been a nightshift worker in a supermarket, a market stallholder, and a guinea pig for a multinational pharmaceutical giant. Now the writer spends his time thinking up ways...
San Angelo Standard-Times, May 8, 2010
...by Raymond E. Feist "Boys and Girls Like You and Me," by Aryn Kyle "Burial," by Neil Cross "Chobits," by Clamp "Cleopatra’s Daughter," by Michelle Moran "Come High Water," by Carolyn Brown "Correction," by Thomas Bernhard "Counterfeit Lady," by Dawn...
New Zealand Herald, March 20, 2010
...Canadian poet, short story writer and novelist Gil Adamson; Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie; and Wellington-based British crime writer Neil Cross. Kate De Goldi, who was running the panel, teased out connections between them and kick-started an...
Liverpool Daily Post, March 10, 2010
...Ghost by Robert Harris 3. 1984 by George Orwell 4. The Testament by John Grisham 5. Burial by Neil Cross 6. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier 7. Doors open by Ian Rankin 8. Dissolution by C J Samson 9. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre 10...
Tonight South Africa, February 4, 2010
...Country by Mike Nicol (Umuzi R170) Rome: The Emperor's Spy by MC Scott (Bantam R215) Captured by Neil Cross (Simon & Schuster R185) Breathless by Dean Kontz (HarperCollins R185) Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins R200) Blind Eye by...
The Independent, January 7, 2010
...as the Tenth Doctor. This programme is filled with fierce joy and wonder and magic, sometimes scary magic. Neil Cross's novel 'Captured' is published by Simon & Schuster...
Guardian.co.uk, December 11, 2009
...John O'Connell's choice Captured by Neil Cross (Simon & Schuster, £12.99) With every book Neil Cross's prose grows leaner and more charged. Captured cleverly manipulates us so that we begin it full of sympathy...
Guardian.co.uk, December 11, 2009
... John O'Connell's choice Captured by Neil Cross (Simon & Schuster, £12.99) With every book Neil Cross's prose grows leaner and more charged. Captured cleverly manipulates us so that we begin it full of sympathy...
Crime Watch, August 8, 2010
...also be searched and listed by reviewer, today my review of the latest thriller from Wellington-based crime writer Neil Cross (who was born, raised, and had his early career in the UK), CAPTURED, was published by EuroCrime . CAPTURED features Kenny, a...
MYSTERIES in PARADISE, August 6, 2010
...Best Crime Novel, here is a report of my rather slow progress in reading them all: Burial by Neil Cross Cut and Run by Alix Bosco ACCESS ROAD, Maurice Gee my rating 4.6 Bold Blood by Lindy Kelly CONTAINMENT, Vanda Symon my rating 4.7 Next up is...
Crime Watch, July 15, 2010
...writing). It’s the creativity within the convention, like with music, or Shakespearean sonnets. And, as I believe Neil Cross said to me in an interview last year, literary fiction itself is in fact a genre, a type of writing. It's not an inherently...
MYSTERIES in PARADISE, July 12, 2010
...On Saturday I posted this list, collected from friends of this blog, sorted in order of title. Here is the list now sorted according to author. ** next to an author's name signify the number of times that title was mentioned in the 15 or so lists that I...
MYSTERIES in PARADISE, July 10, 2010
...Belinada Bauer** BLEED FOR ME Michael Robotham BLOOD OF THE WICKED Leighton Gage BLUE LIGHTENING Ann Cleeves CAPTURED Neil Cross CASE HISTORIES Kate Atkinson CHILD 44 Tom Rob Smith CITY OF SHADOWS Ariana...
Crime Watch, June 29, 2010
...few weeks ago , along with new books by established Kiwi crime writers such as Paddy Richardson, Paul Cleave, Neil Cross, Vanda Symon, and Alix Bosco, there are also some debutant Kiwi crime writers on the horizon whose first books will be launched later...
Crime Watch, June 13, 2010
...Paul Cleave (Random House, February 2010) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTING BLIND By Paddy Richardson (Penguin, February 2010)...
From Inside the Box, June 9, 2010
...a brilliant but self-destructive detective who strikes up an odd relationship ( Ruth Wilson , "The Prisoner") with a killer. Neil Cross ("MI-5") created the show, which also stars Indira Varma ("Rome"), Steven Mackintosh ("Underworld: Evolution"), Paul...
From Inside the Box, June 9, 2010
...a brilliant but self-destructive detective who strikes up an odd relationship ( Ruth Wilson , "The Prisoner") with a killer. Neil Cross ("MI-5") created the show, which also stars Indira Varma ("Rome"), Steven Mackintosh ("Underworld: Evolution"), Paul...
Crime Watch, May 17, 2010
...already read several other books by Australian and Kiwi authors this year, including Paddy Richardson, Paul Cleave, and Neil Cross, amongst others. However I may still decide to read another author, in order to get an even more diverse trio of...
Crime Watch, May 1, 2010
...the arrival of a number of new shows, spearheaded by Luther ( created by Wellington based screenwriter and author Neil Cross ), is not a moment too soon, with "these brave new dramas" giving British television a chance to catch up with the richness and...
Crime Watch, May 1, 2010
...the arrival of a number of new shows, spearheaded by Luther ( created by Wellington based screenwriter and author Neil Cross ), is not a moment too soon, with "these brave new dramas" giving British television a chance to catch up with the richness and...
PETRONA, April 28, 2010
...on my shelf from the ever-generous publisher, Quercus. I'm certainly looking forward to that. Also out is Neil Cross 's bleak little number, Captured , which is, as the Bookseller puts it, a "brutal tale of revenge getting out of hand...very much a...
Crime Watch, April 18, 2010
...L is for Linwood Barclay's FEAR THE WORST M is for Marsh, Dame Ngaio N is for Neil Cross O is for OR SHE DIES P is for Peter Robinson and THE PRICE OF LOVE Q is for Qiu Xiaolong R is for THE RINGMASTER S is for...
Crime Watch, March 22, 2010
...Liam McIlvanney’s ALL THE COLOURS OF THE TOWN, multiple copies of Lindy Kelly’s BOLD BLOOD, three Neil Cross titles, plenty of Ngaio Marsh (including her autobiography BLACK BEECH AND HONEYDEW), and some other Kiwi crime. I may have to...
Crime Watch, March 9, 2010
...s most intriguing voices, as they talk about craft, character, and style". Wellington-based crime novelist and TV screenwriter Neil Cross (BURIAL, ALWAYS THE SUN, Spooks , Luther ) was joined on the authors' panel by internationals Gil Adamson (author of...
douglas.nerad, March 1, 2010
...be bitter, twisted, burned-out, manipulative, or just not very like you. This all ties in nicely with something Neil Cross wrote about titles and working titles found on the Scrivener FB page … Who knew working titles of such famous books were so...
The Rap Sheet, February 14, 2010
...confrontation with the nutty and ill-informed right-wing “tea baggers,” as author Gary Phillips explains . • And British author Neil Cross offers his “literary top 10...
PETRONA, February 4, 2010
...technologies of the modern world. [Actually, this review was posted on 1 February, but never mind.]Captured, by Neil Cross, one of those books for which you will have to set aside an hour or two to read from first page to last without a break. The...
PETRONA, February 4, 2010
...of the modern world. [Actually, this review was posted on 1 February, but never mind.] Captured, by Neil Cross , one of those books for which you will have to set aside an hour or two to read from first page to last without a break. The Disappeared, by...
MYSTERIES in PARADISE, January 23, 2010
...Hamilton - Kerrie gautami tripathy (The Name of the Rose) - Gautami Crime Watch - N is for Neil Cross - Craig DJsKrimiblog, N for Nesbø, Nesser - Dorte Crime Scraps:N is for Nemesis and Nesbo - Norman Petrona: Ingrid Noll - Maxine Reactions to Reading -...
Crime Watch, January 18, 2010
...New Zealand-related post or two, this week I am including a post on Wellington-based novelist and TV screenwriter Neil Cross, who has previously been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and whose latest novel, CAPTURED was recently released in the...
Word Magazine blogs, December 29, 2009
...The Ice Cream wars and A good man in Africa. Can also also vouch for The New Confessions. Neil Cross is another highly readable author - I am particularly fond of Always the sun. However if you want to have an unforgettable experience of the best of...
Crime Watch, December 15, 2009
...whom’s previous book was released in mid/late 2008) have books coming out in the New Year. Wellington-based Neil Cross I understand may also have a new thriller, and Vanda Symon’s fourth, BOUND, should be released later in the year. Michael...
Crime Watch, December 15, 2009
...whom’s previous book was released in mid/late 2008) have books coming out in the New Year. Wellington-based Neil Cross I understand may also have a new thriller, and Vanda Symon’s fourth, BOUND, should be released later in the year. Michael...
Opinionated? Me?, December 14, 2009
...Light by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore. Dad says, “Library I am reading now also recommended.” Natural History by Neil Cross. Dad says, “From library. I am about to read.” I also read books my parents own themselves. As my Dad says,...
