Brit Grit Alley features news and updates on what's happening down British crime fiction's booze and blood soaked alleyways.
Dancers, romancers. Things of the night. All kinds of everything down Brit Grit Alley this week … first up, BIG news from RC Bridgestock: ‘Very proud and EXCITED to be able to announce that we are working with the award winning scriptwriter Sally Wainwright & Red Productions (of Scott & Bailey, At Home With the Braithwaites & Last Tango in Halifax etc. etc. fame) on a BBC1 Commissioned Kidnap Drama Series called 'HAPPY VALLEY' for 2013!’ Major congratulations there. I’m a big fan of Scott & Bailey so that’s sure to be a corker...
... Graham Smith has a beaut guest blog from thriller writer Tom Bale… Zoe Sharp talks about versatility over at The Hardboiled Collective… Scott Dingley has a smashing story up at Near To The Knuckle … Col Bury is In The Booth With Ruth Jacobs…Martin Stanley reviews Nigel Bird’s Mr Suit…Caffeine Nights Publishinghave signed former punk journalist and television reviewer Garry Bushell ... Colin Graham tells all about him and Maggie Thatcher… Richard Godwin reviews James Thompson’s Helsinki Blood over at Noir Nation.
There'll be more carrryings on down Brit Grit Alley next week.
