Roger That!

Janet Roger's Blogspot

ALL POSTS
Reviews
Articles
Interviews
London
History
Arts
Awards

Jun 19
2 min

A Review of Shamus Dust from former U.S. Government Special Agent George Yuhasz

Next time I get into one of my customary scrapes, or even get stuck on a plot twist for that matter, I’ll know who to call. George Yuhasz...

51 views

May 19
2 min

ERIC HOFFER AWARD | SHAMUS DUST FINALIST

It was a great pleasure to see SHAMUS DUST shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize and was a Finalist for the Montaigne Me...

63 views

May 13
2 min

Knights and Shining Armor | Shamus Dust finds a champion

If you really want to know about armor and the men who wore it, you could ask any number of eminent historians. But if what fascinates yo...

44 views

May 12
3 min

Raymond Chandler, Erica Obey, Sir Thomas Malory, Janet Roger

Here's a question for you. What do these four authors have in common? Raymond Chandler, Erica Obey, Sir Thomas Malory, Janet Roger? Well ...

66 views

May 8
4 min

V.S. KEMANIS | Review of Shamus Dust

Excuse me while I teleport back to New York of April 2020, into this surreal mix of pandemic grief and lockdown amid a gently emergent sprin

43 views

Apr 28
2 min

PHIL CLARKE (AKA PHILMSCRIBE) | Review of Shamus Dust

"Janet writes as if standing in the shadows, a cigarette hanging from her lips, the collar popped on her raincoat. An absolute must read."

93 views

Apr 4
2 min

WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT BOOK BLOGGERS & REVIEWERS? | Putting Shamus Dust in the limelight.

If you don't already know Colman Keane's blogsite and you enjoy a thrilling read, you should definitely take a look. It's got book review...

44 views

Mar 27
2 min

JAKE NEEDHAM | Review of Shamus Dust

"Prose so smooth, so sweet, so swinging it will dance you straight back to the 1940s and make you the star

65 views

Mar 20
2 min

CHRISTOPHER FOWLER|Review of Shamus Dust

Christopher Fowler is the award-winning author of the Bryant and May mysteries

81 views

Feb 26
2 min

Author Erica Wright Reviews Shamus Dust

Erica Wright is the poetry editor and a senior editor at Guernica Magazine ... Erica Wright's new crime novel Famous in Cedarville

64 views

Feb 9
3 min

SHAMUS DUST| A DISCOVERED DIAMOND

"Think Phillip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Dick Barton... It is 1947. It is Christmas and it is snowing. London is still bombed-out and there is ...

46 views

Feb 6
1 min

FULLY BOOKED'S BOOK OF THE YEAR|"Shamus Dust is Brilliant. Just Brilliant." - Mr. David Prestidge

Blend cutting one-liners, a literally chilling atmosphere, and a genuine sense of a decent man caught up in the complacent corruption of the

63 views

Feb 3
2 min

A FRANK 5-STAR REVIEW | SHAMUS DUST

Shamus Dust by Janet Roger is an entertaining throwback to the early noir PI stories of the 1940-50s.

44 views

Jan 29
2 min

PI Newman Under the Bright Light with Jon Morgan |SHOTS CRIME & THRILLER MAGAZINE

Jon Morgan's a retired Police Superintendent who's seen almost everything awful that people can do to each other...

53 views

Jan 29
1 min

A DIRTY NOIR DREAM| Chris Nickson Reviews Shamus Dust

Roger can write like a dirty, noir dream that thrashes in the small hours. Her London in the bleak, still-bombed-out winter of 1947 lacks an

51 views

Jan 24
2 min

I'M CRAVING FOR MORE | Robert Wingfield on Shamus Dust

The amount of detail and research that has gone into this work is awesome ... The author brings London, a few years after the 2nd ...

36 views

Jan 19
3 min

HVY Journalists|NEW AUTHOR CAPTURES UNDERBELLY OF POST-WAR LONDON IN DEBUT NOVEL|SHAMUS DUST

First-time author Janet Roger captures the spirit of 1940s London in her new mystery novel set in the war-ravaged city that could give Ra...

20 views

Dec 24, 2019
4 min

NB MAGAZINE |Shamus Dust | One of Gill Chedgey’s Books of the Year 2019

It’s that rare thing, a literary crime thriller with a substance of language and expression that enhances the complex plot and storyline. It

33 views

Dec 12, 2019
2 min

CONTRARY LIFE LITERATURE ARCHIVES: Review of Shamus Dust

There was little to go on when I read the press release for Janet Roger‘s ‘golden-age crime’ novel, Shamus Dust; but instinct told me to ...

19 views

Dec 11, 2019
2 min

SHAMUS DUST DOWN UNDER 2: Reviews from a musician and a writer

SHELAGH MERLIN lives in a wine growing area of Victoria, Austalia. A passionate reader and writer Shelagh spends some of her spare time...

20 views

{"items":["5ee5419206bd950017cec52a","5ec308d393d4230017a2b48d","5ebb2dcb4044b90017abf4d3","5ebaddaf2aded60017b2ac24","5eb4d049615b8f001794b072","5ea857a2ae026700171840e1","5e87b9ab7c86ef00181e898a","5e7d5603059b930017aa2e5b","5e37195d0298f80017b322fd","5e51e5adb133940017fa5bd4","5e3cfb4616e96c001728e715","5e3b891bc68eb30019ac2d3d","5e40c5514af6a700170b92a0","5e320c30be7f330017a87b3f","5e30c6d0ae0a4e00173de934","5e292c9d7431de00173a8bd0","5e24d06ccdf92a0017195717","5df8b0f39d30c00017e9ac70","5df25a906a36970017f6a95d","5df0becbed13e00017ceee26"],"styles":{"groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":false,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":292,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":16,"galleryMargin":0,"floatingImages":0,"chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":false,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":0,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":120,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCubeRatio":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":3,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":0,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":false,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":true,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"useCustomButton":false,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_BELOW","galleryHorizontalAlign":"center","galleryTextAlign":"center","galleryVerticalAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"expand","fullscreen":true,"allowSocial":true,"allowDownload":false,"allowTitle":true,"allowDescription":false,"loveButton":true,"loveCounter":false,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","scrollDirection":0,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowTitleExpand":true,"allowDescriptionExpand":true,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxHeightMode":"MANUAL","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":300,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"textsVerticalPadding":-15,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"titleDescriptionSpace":6,"customButtonText":"","customButtonBorderWidth":1,"customButtonBorderRadius":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":292,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_12","value":"rgba(255,255,255,1)"},"galleryLayout":1,"selectedLayout":"1|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":1,"isSlideshowFont":true,"externalInfoHeight":300,"externalInfoWidth":0},"container":{"width":972,"galleryWidth":1004,"galleryHeight":1440,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}