Derring-do in Salonica
It is difficult to know whether Clive Aslet intended a comparison between his debut novel, The Birdcage, set in Salonica…
Models for Marlowe
If the inclusion of the erstwhile master of the genre, Raymond Chandler, as a fictonalised character in a pastiche 1930s…
Bark and no bite
With so much Nordic noir around, it’s a relief to return to the granddaddy of them all, the hard-boiled private…
Once upon a time there were…
If you are going to read a novel that plays with literary conventions you want it written with aplomb. In…
