Crime Fiction Lover

Shrink Solves Murder, the crime fiction debut from psychotherapist and bestselling writer Philippa Perry, recognises the appeal of placing intelligence, observation and human understanding at the centre of a good mystery rather than procedural mechanics or increasingly elaborate acts of violence. The novel introduces Patricia…

The Angel of Death is Trevor Wood’s third book in his engrossing DCI Jack Parker series. It is a character-driven police procedural. Jack was diagnosed with early onset dementia in The Silent Killer. Unpleasant memories of how Alzheimers impacted his father led Jack to isolate…

We’ve been at it with the old camcorder again… or the 2026 equivalent, which is a camera about the size of a mouse. But it’s produced yet another big video, which we’ve posted on our YouTube channel. Quite a simple one, this time – a…

Let’s get it out the way up front. George Pelecanos was one of the authors who inspired us to set up Crime Fiction Lover way back in 2011. We were huge fans! The Cut was one of our top five novels that year and we…

“If you expect me to read it, you better put a murder in it.” This is what Canadian author Nicole Lundrigan’s mother told her, when she said she was going to write a novel. Like all good crime fiction lovers, Nicole followed her mother’s advice…

Before The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival made the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate its home, the place was famous for another reason: It was where Agatha Christie retreated to in December 1926, reeling from the double blow of the death of her mother…