Crime Fiction Lover

Following closely on the heels of the French crime show The Eclipse, Channel 4 and Walter Presents have announced that the dark Dutch production Sphinx is coming with English subtitles. It too centres on the disappearance of a teenage girl but has a much creepier…

From And Then There Were None to Shutter Island, you know when you’re surrounded by ocean the only way out is to catch the killer… It’s a time-worn setup in crime fiction but it works a treat. So, let’s start our news report stuck on…

Ed Cook is a British immigrant living in Tokyo with his Japanese wife, Sayuri, and their toddler daughter, Kaori. Having been unemployed for six months, Ed spends his days in illegal pachinko parlours or betting on horses. He has squandered their savings and his daughter’s…

A historical locked-room mystery that balances homage with invention, The Murder at World’s End is Ross Montgomery’s debut adult novel. Set in the autumn of 1910 on a windswept island off the Cornish coast, it is both a complex puzzle mystery and a vivid evocation…

Catriona Ward’s new thriller, Nowhere Burning, might be hard to classify but will appeal to crime fiction lovers who like the dark side – a little gothic horror mixed with suspense. The story involves three main sets of characters in three time periods who for…

Last year we introduced you to the Scottish crime fiction author Andrew Raymond, creator of the DI Lomond series set in the Glasgow police. After self-publishing the hit series as eBooks, Andrew signed with Vinci Books, which is publishing them in print and digitally, giving…