Chris Ewan - THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO AMSTERDAM

Published: May 2007

Setting: Amsterdam

Protagonist: Charlie Howard

Series?: 1st

First Lines: "I want you to steal something for me."

Chris Ewan writes books about a thief who writes books about a thief who solves crimes. Ewan's protagonist Charlie Howard is a successful crime fiction author and a very good thief, who takes nice lucrative jobs on the side to supplement his income. When he's asked to steal two… Continue

Well, I had a wonderful weekend at CrimeFest in Bristol and am now recovering (not from the carousing and partying - although there was plenty of that - but from the injury I inflicted on myself stepping off a curb. Apparently, according to the hospital, "it will get worse before it gets better". How reassuring. Luckily, I still have the crutches and the stick from when I broke a bone in my ankle last year stepping off a bus...)



So, CrimeFest. Well, it was lovely to meet up with old… Continue