Crime Fiction Lover

If you thought Australian television’s finest output was confined to 1990s afternoon soap operas, then prepare to recalibrate. The country has produced numerous gripping crime dramas over the past five or six years, and the latest – Black Snow – arrives in the UK at…

For Tinsel Munroe, hosting a late night radio show in Melbourne isn’t just a stepping stone toward a more successful career but something of a labour of love. Cult watching horror movies was a formative experience for her, and one she hasn’t outgrown. She enjoys…

What’s your poison? Many of us enjoy sipping a tipple while we sit and read. But take care: poisons account for over half of the deaths in Agatha Christie’s canon, more than 30 murders. So be sure to swirl that drink and sniff it for…

Fans of the American game show The Price is Right will recognise the Plinko in the title of Martin Clark’s new legal thriller. It’s a juiced-up game not dissimilar to Pachinko, the Japanese gambling game that served as the title for the award-winning 2017 novel….

Although it’s only September, we’ve already received a sleigh-full of Christmas crime fiction novels and the first of these festive titles comes from Peter Swanson. Going on previous form, he’s not the first author you’d suspect of writing Yuletide mysteries but in this genre, expect…

Fans of the police procedural should add the name of JK Flynn to their TBR list as an author to watch out for. Flynn’s debut, The Art Merchant, introduced us to DS Esther Penman, who is based in the fictional English town of Belfield and…