Translated by Larissa Kyzer — Icelandic children’s author Snæbjörn Arngrímsson makes a complete genre U-turn with his first crime novel, a psychological thriller with a unique premise and a distinctly unsettling perspective. Júlía, a freelance writer, is in a bit of a fix. During a…
Entries are now open for The Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition and with a closing date of 31 March 2026, there’s no time to lose! The official glass for Scotch whisky, Glencairn is once again raising a toast to crime fiction with the return…
The truth is that we’re not yet sure exactly what pottery occurs in Cathy Ace’s new novel, The Case of the Petrified Potter. We don’t know if pots get smashed, baked in a kiln, or whether the pot calls the kettle black. But we do…
Wife of Esau successfully queues, one might say (6,5). As every cruciverbalist worth their salt knows, the answer to this and several other puzzles is ‘Judith Potts’, although extrapolating the how and why from the who is generally more complex than even the most cryptic…
If you feel like you deserve a break in the South of France and want a little crime solving while you’re there, then try the French crime show The Eclipse. UK viewers will be able to tune in at midnight on 16 March 2026 or,…
Full disclosure: Vicki Weisfeld is one of our contributors so you could say that there is a conflict of interest here. On the other hand, how mean would it be not to review her book on the site? So read on to find out more…
