Crime Beat

Lots of stuff’s happening out there:

Margie Orford’s Daddy’s Girl has gone into a reprint and if you missed an interview with her on Litnet here’s the link.

Roger Smith’s Mixed Blood has been voted the number one crime novel of 2009 by the 19 German, Austrian and Swiss crime fiction revewers who make up KrimiWelt.

Jassy Mackenzie’s My Brother’s Keeper has been listed on the International Thriller Writers awards that will be presented at Thrillerfest V in New York in July in the Best Paperback category.

If you want to catch Deon Meyer in action this year he’ll be at the London Book Fair in April and at the Franschhoek Literary Festival in May.

For mad keen academics launching into the wild and weird terrain of crime fiction here’s a link to an academic journal called Clues which gives the highbrow lowdown on the genre.