He considers crime writing, in his own words, as being "cheap fiction".

Two laws passed in the last decade could affect the business of true crime writing.

There's no doubt that crime writing is in rude health.

In addition, it can be argued that crime writing was born in the 1800s.

All true, but not only for crime writing.

This is, quite simply, crime writing of the highest order.

His knowledge of law led him to try his hand at crime writing.

Scottish crime writing has also been influenced by European traditions.

And like much crime writing, it gets some details wrong.

It's hard to imagine a better training ground for crime writing than police work.