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Category Archives: Noir fiction
Ghost Money now available in print
Ghost Money, my crime novel set in nineties Cambodia, is now available in print. Since Ghost Money came out as an e-book at the end of October last year a number of you have been asking when it will be … Continue reading
Summer reading report back 2013
As the summer holiday’s draw to an end and the business part of 2013 kicks off, it’s time for a little run down of what I’ve read over the Christmas/New Year period and how I’m going to approach my reading in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime Factory, Crime fiction, James Ellroy, Lee Marvin, Noir fiction
Tagged American Death Songs, Blood of Paradise, Crime Wave Press, David Corbett, Dead Sea, Dwaybe Epstein, Fat City, James Ellroy, Jim Nisbet, Jordan Harper, Lee Marvin: Point Blank, Leonard Gardner, Lethal Injection, Nicole Moore, Patricia Hindsmith, Sam Lopez, Shakedown, The Censor's Library, The Talented Mr Ripley
This Christmas give the gift of Ghost Money
Okay, it’s been a long year and like you, as 2012 draws to a close, I’m pretty much over everything. But before I take a few weeks break from the blog, I wanted to pull on your collective coats one … Continue reading
Writing noir fiction in Asia
Late last week in Phnom Penh a book was launched that I’m very proud to have a story in. It’s called Phnom Penh Noir, an anthology of 14 noir stories set in Cambodia. Amongst the authors are Roland Joffe, the … Continue reading
Posted in Asian noir, Christopher G Moore, Crime fiction and film from Cambodia, Crime fiction and film from China, Crime fiction and film from Thailand, Diane Wei Liang, Ghost Money, Martin Limon, Noir fiction, Qui Xiaolong
Tagged Christopher G Moore, Diane Wei Liang, Ghost Money, John Burdett, noir crime fiction in Asia, Phnom Penh Noir, Qui Xiaolong, Roland Joffe, Sonchai Jitpleecheep, The Killing Fields (1984)















