Crime Fiction Lover

Do Good Girls Die Bored, as the title of Elizabeth Little’s new crime thriller suggests? One thing is certain, readers of this alternatingly funny and hair-raising book will not. The protagonist, Juno Hardwick, is a US Marine Corps veteran who learned a lot of ways…

First came the book, then the TV series – only just. A Taste for Murder, Matt Baker’s debut novel, was published in the UK in January 2026, with the television series adaptation following in April. To confuse matters further, it was published in the US…

With so many authors now trying their hand in espionage, standing out from the crowd is becoming increasingly difficult. Authors who have plied their hand elsewhere are now moving towards the genre with varying degrees of success. Alex Preston has been a successful author and…

The High Island is the first book in Lin Anderson’s new Orcadia Mysteries series, a spin off from her popular Rhona MacLeod books. While Rhona is a forensic scientist based in Glasgow, the main character here is DI Erling Flett, based in Scotland’s Orkney Islands….

The antihero novel has to be one of the hardest types of crime fiction to write. But this is exactly what Irish author Tina Henry set out to do with Killer Smile – her debut crime novel. So here at Crime Fiction Lover, we tip…

Well respected BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner is a man with his finger on the geopolitical pulse. His Luke Carlton thrillers have traversed issues and regions around the world and now with the fifth in the series, Ballistic, he is as topical as ever. The…