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About Mean Streets
Mean Streets is mostly a crime fiction review blog. It's a collaboration between various crime-addicts, many of whom write crime fiction themselves. We welcome your comments and also welcome new reviewers. Either add your comments to a post on the left or get in touch.The Master Criminal
Mean Streets was set up by Harry Bingham, a bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction. The first of his new series of crime thrillers will be published summer 2012. He also runs The Writers' Workshop, an editorial agency for writers offering critiques, courses and mentoring.
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Author Archives: writersworkshop
A DARKER THREAD OF TARTAN NOIR
CRITICS are quite often wide of the mark when they try to cite the influences for my Tartan Noir protagonist Gus Dury. I’ve heard Gus likened to Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus; Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, and even the psychotic ‘Begbie’ … Continue reading
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Blood Relative by David Thomas
A review from RAVENPASSER posted by us! What a premise – and what a let down. Architect Peter Crookham (Crookham??) has a perfect life – and a perfect wife. You know the kind – gorgeous, legs up to wherever, clever, … Continue reading
Killer Move, by Michael Marshall
A funny, beautifully written book. But aimed at who exactly? This man has piles and piles of talent, but the result (at least here) isn’t quite satisfying. Michael Marshall is a wonderful, quotable writer. Here’s a snippet: Janine was in … Continue reading
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The Devotion of Suspect X, by Keigo Higashino
A terrific battle of wits between two great brains, ending with a lovely trick denouement. This book sold 2,000,000 copies in Japan and catapulted its author to stardom. I can see why. The blurb on the back of the book … Continue reading
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The CWA Dagger in the Library, 2011
A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE GOES TO: In Harrogate during the Theakstone Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival on 22 July, Mo Hayder was named as the winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library award for 2011. Her work was … Continue reading
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Blue Monday, by Nicci French
A nice looking book. The London that emerges from the pages though is different from this image: rainier, more local. An atmospheric psychological thriller, with a good twisted climax. Not awesome, but certainly memorable. Blue Monday features a couple of … Continue reading
Down these Mean Streets
Raymond Chandler was the man who reinvented crime fiction. He took murder out of the country house – away from all those baronets killed by unlikely means in their libraries or smoking rooms – and put it back where it … Continue reading
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