<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Best Crime Books &#187; Featured</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/category/featured/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com</link>
	<description>The best in crime fiction, mystery books, suspense and thrillers</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:09:12 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Macavity Nominations 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/macavity-nominations-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/macavity-nominations-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category>Crime Books</category><category>Macavity</category><category>Macavity Awards. Macavity Awards 2010</category><category>Mystery</category><category>Mystery Writing Aweard</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Best Novel Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott (Simon &#038; Schuster) Tower by Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman (Busted Flush Press) Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie (Wm. Morrow) Nemesis by Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett (HarperCollins) The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (Minotaur) The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan (Minotaur) Best First [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/macavity-nominations-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>50 Crime Writers To Read Before You Die</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/50-crime-writers-to-read-before-you-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/50-crime-writers-to-read-before-you-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AKA 50 Mystery Writers to Read Before You Die In February 2008, London&#8217;s Daily Telegraph newspaper published their list of &#8220;50 Crime Writers To Read Before You Die&#8221;. There were actually 51 in the list as they concluded the list with an interview with Robert B Parker (1932-2010), who they describe as &#8220;an unrivalled pulp [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/50-crime-writers-to-read-before-you-die/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Edgar Awards Nominees 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/edgar-awards-nominees-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/edgar-awards-nominees-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edgar Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edgars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edgars 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Best Novel Nominees • The Missing by Tim Gautreaux (Random House &#8211; Alfred A. Knopf) • The Odds by Kathleen George (Minotaur Books) • The Last Child by John Hart (Minotaur Books) • Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston (Random House &#8211; Ballantine Books) • Nemesis by Jo Nesbo, translated [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/edgar-awards-nominees-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Val McDermid wins the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/val-mcdermid-wins-the-cwa-cartier-diamond-dagger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/val-mcdermid-wins-the-cwa-cartier-diamond-dagger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bestselling author Val McDermid has been named as the recipient of this year’s prestigious CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, which honours outstanding achievement in the field of crime writing. The announcement has been made by the Crime Writers’ Association in recognition of Val’s work over more than 20 years. Margaret Murphy, chair of the CWA, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/val-mcdermid-wins-the-cwa-cartier-diamond-dagger/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante (ITV 1 Drama)</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/above-suspicion-by-lynda-la-plante-itv-1-drama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/above-suspicion-by-lynda-la-plante-itv-1-drama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
<category>copper</category><category>goats cheese tarts</category><category>heartbeat</category><category>la plante</category><category>police officers</category><category>prime suspect</category><category>prostitutes</category><category>saga</category><category>serial killer</category><category>skirt</category><category>suspicion</category><category>twelve years</category><category>victorian heroine</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet another TV serial killer saga from La Plante, who must have slaughtered more prostitutes in her career than  you or I have had warm goats cheese tarts. &#8216;Above Suspicion&#8217; features the doziest female copper ever seen on the small screen, in the tightest skirt and tightest blouse ever seen in Scotland Yard, all corseted [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/above-suspicion-by-lynda-la-plante-itv-1-drama/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Best Crime of 2008 by Elvis McBeth</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/best-crime-of-2008-by-elvis-mcbeth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/best-crime-of-2008-by-elvis-mcbeth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favourite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=51</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cold In Hand by John Harvey Here we go again, another year older and deeper in debt, literally, if you believe everything you read in the papers. But there are still a lot of great crime novels out there to keep your mind off the credit crunch this winter, so stick around and check out [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/best-crime-of-2008-by-elvis-mcbeth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: The Prince of Darkness by Graham Hurley</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/review-the-prince-of-darkness-by-graham-hurley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/review-the-prince-of-darkness-by-graham-hurley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category>
<category>graham hurley</category><category>portsmouth</category><category>prince of darkness</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=44</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest D.I. Faraday novel, The Price Of Darkness by Graham Hurley starts off with what looks like a professional hit on a property developer. The dead man was involved in an M.O.D. site in Portsmouth with potentially rich pickings. Then a government minister is assassinated. What’s the connection? Also, there’s a problem with ex-copper and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/review-the-prince-of-darkness-by-graham-hurley/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Best Crime Books and The Worst Crime and Mystery Thrillers (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/the-best-crime-books-and-the-worst-crime-and-mystery-thrillers-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/the-best-crime-books-and-the-worst-crime-and-mystery-thrillers-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Crime Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
<category>agatha christie</category><category>bestseller lists</category><category>clive cussler</category><category>dan brown</category><category>david baldacci</category><category>Devil in Velvet</category><category>john dickson carr</category><category>kerch</category><category>locked room mysteries</category><category>Mysterious Affair At Styles</category><category>night and the city</category><category>Ten Little Indians</category><category>The ABC Murders</category><category>Three Coffins</category><category> Murder of Roger Ackroyd</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=25</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several elements come together to make a good novel: writing style, plot and overall atmosphere. Very occasionally a novel&#8217;s unique atmosphere can elevate an OK book into a classic. Take Gerald Kerch&#8217;s &#8216;Night and the City&#8217;, possibly the most atmospheric novel about London since Dickens trod the city&#8217;s shabby streets and undoubtedly a great book, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/the-best-crime-books-and-the-worst-crime-and-mystery-thrillers-part-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>My Favourite Novel by Mark Timlin</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/my-favourite-novel-by-mark-timlin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/my-favourite-novel-by-mark-timlin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Favourite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alan_sharp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar_none]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime_novel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime_writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derek_marlowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first_person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john_d_macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paperback_edition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paris_hilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philip_marlowe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private_detective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raymond_chandler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert_b_parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert_crais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roger_l_simon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ross_macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swathe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timothy_harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wisecrack]]></category>
<category>alan sharp</category><category>bar none</category><category>crime novel</category><category>crime writers</category><category>derek marlowe</category><category>first person</category><category>google</category><category>john d macdonald</category><category>paperback edition</category><category>paris hilton</category><category>philip marlowe</category><category>private detective</category><category>raymond chandler</category><category>robert b parker</category><category>robert crais</category><category>roger l simon</category><category>ross macdonald</category><category>swathe</category><category>timothy harris</category><category>wisecrack</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=18</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  THE BIG SLEEP by RAYMOND CHANDLER The Big Sleep is Raymond Chandler’s masterpiece. The best crime novel ever written bar none. Almost single handedly Chandler invented the genre of the hard drinking, hard smoking, hard loving, sharply dressed, first person, private detective, with a wisecrack for every occasion, and a bullet for every bad [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/my-favourite-novel-by-mark-timlin/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Macavity Award Nominations 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/macavity-award-nominations-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/macavity-award-nominations-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
<category>award nominations</category><category>international mystery</category><category>john connolly</category><category>macavity award</category><category>mystery convention</category><category>mystery readers journal</category><category>reed farrel coleman</category><category>world mystery</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/?p=16</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mystery Readers International (Mystery Readers Journal) announces the Macavity Award nominations for works published in 2007. The awards will be presented during opening ceremonies at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention (Baltimore, October 2008). MACAVITY NOMINEES: Best Mystery Novel o Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman (Bleak House) o The Unquiet by John Connolly (Hodder &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bestcrimebooks.com/macavity-award-nominations-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
