Crime Fiction Lover

Welcome to Crime Fiction Lover’s weekly news roundup. In our latest edition, we’ve got a great mix of new crime novels for you to discover including books by the authors Adam Plantinga, Chris Dolley, Heleyne Hammersley, Aleksander Szeser, Alysandra Dutton and Sarah Reynolds. Settings range…

For most people, what you feel at Christmastime and what you feel when there’s been a murder lie at the opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. Perhaps here at Crime Fiction Lover we’re not quite normal because we have no mixed feelings at all, at…

As the creator of Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne is associated with honey pots, heffalumps and bouncing tigers, not country house murders. In fact, today – 14 October 2026 – marks the centenary of the beloved bear’s arrival, which is very charming too, although it…

Ian Rankin is one of the UK’s most recognisable authors, having created the hugely popular Rebus series, which began with Knots and Crosses in 1997. He’s one of the author’s responsible for the rise of Tartan noir over the last 40 years, has inspired a…

Agatha Christie’s formidable Miss Marple has been solving crimes for generations, relying on observation, experience and an unnerving understanding of human nature. So handing her over to Lucy Foley, a writer best known for atmospheric contemporary thrillers such as The Guest List, was an interesting…

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards are back. We apologise for not running them last year – this was due to serious health issues for Crime Fiction Lover – but we’re proud to present the awards again in 2026. It’s the fifth time we’ve run them and…