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Pity the Dead
Written by Keith Nixon — To his embarrassment, it requires a bobby to let DI Solomon Gray know that something untoward is happening to the…
Thriller concepts
On the Radar — Although they’re working in a genre where readers have many expectations, crime fiction authors always try hard to come up with…
Black Summer
Written by MW Craven — The Puppet Show was one of last year’s top reads. It got a five-star review here on Crime Fiction Lover,…
No Way to Die
Written by PA De Voe — If you want a total escape from Brexit and Trump, PA De Voe’s second Ming Dynasty mystery, No Way…
The String Games
Written by Gail Aldwin — This debut is a book that welcomes you in from the start. It has an easygoing, colloquial style that leaves…
The top five crime films at Cannes 2019
Our film noir correspondent Dennis Broe reveals a darker side of Asia as he reports on the best crime movies to emerge at this year’s…
Video interview: Gunnar Staalesen
Film noir and crime fiction critic Dennis Broe has started a new series of video interviews, and one of his first victims is the Norwegian…
Exit Wounds
Edited by Paul B Kane and Marie O’Regan — When the cover of a new book of short stories is emblazoned with the names of…
Never Be Broken
Written by Sarah Hilary — Hot on the heels of Vicky Newham’s Out of the Ashes comes another police procedural novel set slap bang in…
Jackson Lamb is gunning for revenge
On the Radar — There are too many crime books out there with anonymous silhouettes and vaguely thematic backgrounds on the cover, but we think…
Ungentlemanly Warfare
Written by Howard Linskey — When the assassination of the scientist behind Hitler’s miracle jet fighter is ordered, there is only one man who can…
No One Home
Written by Tim Weaver — At the end of Tim Weaver’s last book, You Were Gone, there were distinct signs that David Raker’s old pal…
Kate Vane: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
For a long time I thought that crime fiction was just about perplexing puzzles and contrived plot twists, perhaps due to gorging on Sherlock Holmes…
The Sound of Her Voice
Written by Nathan Blackwell — New Zealand has offered some exciting avenues for crime fiction in recent years and their annual Ngaio Marsh Awards are…
Speak up for crime fiction
On the Radar — This week, our new books column starts off with a book that looks very interesting – and although it’s called The…