Derham Groves » Crime fiction (excluding Sherlock Holmes)

Vale Dominick Dunne, 1925 – 2009

Derham Groves — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:22:46 +0000

Dominick Dunne and the grave of his daughter Dominique at Pierce Brothers cemetery in Los Angeles. Dominique’s tragic murder started Dominick’s second career as a ‘celebrity’ crime reporter and a crime fiction author.

Australian Hard Boiled Detective Fiction

Derham Groves — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:02:28 +0000

Australia has many fine mid-20th century hard boiled detective fiction writers: Carter Brown (Alan Yates), Marc Brody (Bill Williams), Larry Kent (various), Eric North (Bernard Cronin), Otto Beeby, and Ian Hamilton, to name just a few. But my favourite is Bant Singer (Charles Shaw). His detective, Denis Aloysius ‘Del’ Delaney, is not only the coolest, but also the most typically Australian.

Kidnap by Michael Jorgensen

Derham Groves — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:40:55 +0000

My old buddy Michael Jorgensen (left) had his fourth crime novel Kidnap reviewed in today’s Age (far left). Mick has also published around 20 books, including two by me. A publisher who isn’t deceitful, who isn’t a phony, and who pays his bills in full and on time — INCREDIBLE!

Murderous Melbourne

Derham Groves — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:04:43 +0000

Exhibition curated by Derham Groves.

Television and Australian Crime Fiction

Derham Groves — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:12:53 +0000

Television was introduced in Australia in 1956 and remained a ‘novelty’ for about 10 years. Even Australian crime fiction fell under its spell. In The Cold Dark Hours (1958) by A.G. Yates (a.k.a. Carter Brown), an advertising agency executive devises an ad campaign to sell defective TV sets; in the series of pulp novels by W.H. Williams featuring Marc Brody, he starts out as a newspaper crime reporter and ends up as ‘TV’s on-the-spot crime reporter’; in Who Dies for Me? (1962) by S.H. Courtier, people are secretly monitored by means of tiny TV cameras placed inside light globes; and in Make-up for Murder (1966) by June Wright, a popular TV show host is threatened with murder. Does anyone know of others featuring TV?