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Writer & journalist (newspapers, magazines); books on crime fiction & film (inc. Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide, British Gothic Cinema). Editor: Crime Time (www.crimetime.co.uk), Blu-ray Choice (www.dvdchoices.co.uk), Classical CD Choice
@barryf48.bsky.socialI'm not so much flying these days as leaping the occasional building in tall bounds...
@barryf48.bsky.social'Christopher Reeve's Superman'! This was the surprising inspiration for LJ Ross's multi-million selling DCI Ryan series, as she told us at the dinner for Time of Death in a Whitehall hotel. Memorable evening with Penguin Random House luminaries & a variety of books journos....
@barryf48.bsky.socialPraise for the prescience of its plotting was much in evidence at National Liberal Club launch for the new Humphrey Hawksley thriller Operation Icebreaker. The author’s peers were lining up, and at least two Financial Times reviewers were present: www.crimetime.co.uk/humphrey-haw...
@barryf48.bsky.socialYou too, as always, Luke!
@barryf48.bsky.socialTerrific evening in the West End at the stunningly restored Dracula from Hammer Films and despite the conversation-killing decibels of the after party, great to see Jonathan Rigby, David Huckvale, Jo Botting, Simon J Ballard, John Hamilton, Kim Newman, et al - plus various Hammer ladies...
@barryf48.bsky.socialCovering in the FT: IAN RANKIN; SARA PARETSKY; JOHN GRISHAM; JUSSI ADLER OLSEN; ANTHONY QUINN; JACK JEWERS; CJ TUDOR
@barryf48.bsky.socialPosting my FT crime column on Saturday, covering: THE HEIGHTS/IAN RANKIN; BAD COMPANY/SARA PARETSKY; THE FRENCH ILLUSION/JOHN GRISHAM; NO SONG FOR THE DEAD/JUSSI ADLER OLSEN; THE MILLIONAIRE WALTZ/ANTHONY QUINN; SEETHING LANE/JACK JEWERS; SERENITY FALLS/ CJ TUDOR
@barryf48.bsky.socialKeenly awaited!
@barryf48.bsky.socialCivilised evening meeting Edgar-nominated Kam Majd for his forthcoming The Girls with the Pale Blue Eyes (Open Borders), chez Christopher MacLehose. Also present: my FT colleagues Will and Magdalena, plus the indispensable Ayo Onatade & Nicci Praca
@barryf48.bsky.socialI asked Paul Waters to talk to Crime Time about his new novel, Death at the Elephant House (No Exit/Bedford Square) www.crimetime.co.uk/death-at-the...
@barryf48.bsky.socialCovering on Blu-ray Choice: www.dvdchoices.co.uk ...The Abominable Snowman & other new discs from Hammer Films, Eureka Entertainment, Indicator, 88 Films, Severin Films, BFI, Radiance Films, Studio Canal
@barryf48.bsky.socialI asked Humphrey Hawksley to talk to Crime Time About His excellent Operation Icebreaker (Severn House)
www.crimetime.co.uk/operation-ic...
@barryf48.bsky.socialGlamorous launch at The Sky Pool (with sharks!) near the American Embassy for Charlie Higson’s new Bond Novel King Zero (Penguin). I wrote: ‘King Zero is unquestionably in the upper 007 echelons, a colourful, adroitly constructed adventure. Bond fans need not hesitate.'
@barryf48.bsky.socialOn Crime Time: September Crime with To the Max: www.crimetime.co.uk/to-the-max-s...
@barryf48.bsky.socialI asked Venice-resident Philip Gwynne Jones to talk to Crime Time about Venice Noir: www.crimetime.co.uk/we-started-a...
@barryf48.bsky.socialOn Crime Time: BLOODY SCOTLAND REVEALS FINALISTS FOR 2026 McILVANNEY PRIZE
www.crimetime.co.uk/bloody-scotl...
@barryf48.bsky.socialEnjoyed being directed by the highly capable Sergio Angelini in the extras for this Hammer crime outing
@barryf48.bsky.socialLUCY WORSLEY and IAN RANKIN are to be headline speakers for the second edition of VENICE NOIR as full international programme is announced. The celebrated festival of crime fiction set against the canals and labyrinthine streets of of La Serenissima
www.crimetime.co.uk/venice-noir/
@barryf48.bsky.socialDr Josephine Botting on one of the best loved of British Movies: Bryan Forbes' Whistle Down the Wind (BFI classics): 'British cinema doesn’t seem quite sure where to place Whistle Down the Wind...'
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