On-line magazines, resourcesSome useful crime-related links for writers, readers or anyone just interested in the subject of crime, in fiction or fact.
On-line magazines, resources
Mystery Scene - interviews, news, reviews.
Deadly Pleasures - fan-oriented mystery magazine
Tangled Web - news, reviews and author profiles
Deadly Directory - lists of authors, events, book stores, etc
Macguffin - directory of authors, their books and protagonists
Web of Mystery - lots of links to the online mystery world
Crime and mystery bookstores
The Poisoned Pen - one of the USA's largest mystery specialists
Mysterious Bookshop - home of a famous spiral staircase
Creatures 'n' Crooks - everything you could want in Richmond, Va
M is for Mystery - booksellers in San Mateo, California
Book 'em - another great store, this one in Pasadena
Coffee, Tea and Mystery - unique home of the Mystery Maven
Mysteries to Die For - in Thousand Oaks, California
Sleuth of Baker Street - the biggest mystery bookstore in Canada
Organisations
Crime Writers Association (UK)
Conferences and events
Harrogate Crime Writing Festival - the UK's biggest festival featuring dozens of crime writers
Left Coast Crime - the USA's West Coast convention
Bouchercon - the world's biggest mystery convention
Some favourite crime writers
Reginald Hill - the Dalziel and Pascoe series
Val McDermid - A Place of Execution and the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series
Mark Billingham - the DI Tom Thorne series
Minette Walters - award-winning best-sellers like The Sculptress
John Harvey - Nottingham-based DI Charlie Resnick series
Police
and law enforcement
Derbyshire Constabulary - the real-life colleagues of Ben Cooper & Diane Fry
UK Police Services - links to many regional and specialist forces
Police Federation - represents junior officers in British police
Interpol - international law enforcement agency
Europol - co-ordinates law enforcement in Europe
MI5 - British secret service now with its own web site
Writers' resources
Zeno's Forensic Page - lots of forensics links
A Week in the Life of a London Murder Detective (BBC)
The Difference Between Crime, Mystery and Thriller (Writer's Digest)
The Best 'How to Write' Books (C.L. Taylor)
How to Craft Characters (Writer's Digest)
How to Write a Synopsis (Career Authors)
How to Describe a Place - setting tips
Bad Writing Tips Writers Give Each Other!
Writing for Theater and Film - suggested by Anna
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