Every month on Past Offences a merry band of bloggers read and review the criminous output of a particular year. I call it Crimes of the Century, and this April we were looking at 1977.

Fittingly enough, our first entry was for The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn by Colin Dexter, who sadly passed away at the beginning of the month (you can read his obituary at the Guardian).

According to Jose…

John Sladek: Invisible Green

Where else, Major, might one find a London bobby, a solicitor’s clerk, a baronet, an ex-Army chap, a greengrocer’s daughter and a – a bohemian eccentric, not to mention a chemistry student – all gathered in one room to discuss one subject? (more…)

Commemorative stamp celebrating Egypt’s Police Day in 1977

Every month at Past Offences I host a round-up of book and film reviews relating to a particular year in crime fiction.

For April I’ve plumped for 1977.

All you have to do is read a book, watch a film, read a comic, listen to a radio programme and tell us all about it.

Anyone can play, so over to you…

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