Vicki Weisfeld: Top five books of 2018
December – that time for crime fiction lovers to look back at the mayhem of the past year and turn our heads forward, Janus-like, to gleefully…
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- Vicki Weisfeld: Top five books of 2018: December – that time for crime fiction lovers to
- Interview: John Marrs: From self-published to attracting the interest of two publisher
- Interview: Lisa Gabriele: Lisa Gabriele’s new novel The Winters is a skilful update of D
- Five women to watch in 2019: As the year draws to an end, one of our traditions here at Cr
- Farang: Nordic noir goes to Thailand: Fans of Scandinavian crime shows tune in for a var
Last Lullaby
Written by Carol Wyer — The pretty pastel shades of the cover of this book belie what lurks inside. DI Natalie Ward is back, and…
The Whisperer
Written by Karin Fossum — You are going to die. It’s a fact. It’s also a frightening statement and one that can and should be…
The Feral Detective
Written by Jonathan Lethem — Noted author Jonathan Lethem, who has been called one of America’s greatest storytellers, returns to crime fiction with his new…
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018
Edited by Louise Penny — What an entertaining collection this is! The stories cover a wide range of mystery, crime and suspense writing, with a…
Interview: John Marrs
From self-published to attracting the interest of two publishers, former journalist John Marrs has enjoyed an interesting journey as an author of standalone psychological thrillers…
Interview: Lisa Gabriele
Lisa Gabriele’s new novel The Winters is a skilful update of Daphne DuMaurier’s classic psychological thriller, Rebecca. Clearly, the issues that confronted DuMaurier’s unnamed heroine…
Her Last Move
Written by John Marrs — It’s great to hitch up with an unfamiliar name, isn’t it? Especially when the book you read is so good!…
Bury the Bodies
Written by Keith Nixon — Television soap operas have made an art form of the cliff hanger ending – EastEnders even invented the ‘doof doof’…
Five women to watch in 2019
As the year draws to an end, one of our traditions here at Crime Fiction Lover is to make predictions about which women authors will…
Bleak Harbor
Written by Bryan Gruley — A teenager goes missing and his family are in bits. Could be the summary of a number of this year’s…
Everyone’s got a past…
On the Radar — It’s a cliché but it’s true. Everyone’s got a past. And nowhere is it more evident than in the world of…
Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini
Written and illustrated by Cynthia von Buhler — Set in the 1920s, featuring a young woman detective with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as her client,…
Farang: Nordic noir goes to Thailand
Fans of Scandinavian crime shows tune in for a variety of reasons. There’s the cold climate, and the isolation of the far north. Or, the…
Anonymity
Written by John Nicholl — These days, there are myriad high-tech ways for crime fighters to do their jobs efficiently. Unsurprisingly, the same applies to…
The Winters
Written by Lisa Gabriele — Lisa Gabriele set herself a high bar in tackling a modern reimagining of Daphne du Maurier’s classic psychological thriller, Rebecca,…