Dead Lions begins with an all too familiar sense of hopelessness, as the protagonist Dickie Bow is caught in the midst of a delayed train. Does this sound reminiscent of a recent cataclysmic storm, maybe? Perhaps your memory is simply sparked by the fact that Mick Herron’s novel has recently won the Crime Writers’ Association 2013 Goldsboro Gold Dagger award. That’s right, Dead Lions, published by Soho Press, has been stated as being the best crime novel of the Year, knocking out 9 other competitors from big publishers such as Bantam, HarperCollins and Orion.  Described as “…a well written, wickedly … Continue reading Dead Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!