Crime Fiction Lover

The New Year generally begins with fireworks rather than fatalities, but the stroke of midnight signals suspicion instead of celebration in Sophie Hannah’s The Last Death of the Year. The sixth novel chronicling the return of Hercule Poirot – which by necessity takes place before…

Your weekly new crime novels update has arrived – get ready to find your next read. We’ll get going with a cryptic thriller with roots in medieval Italy in The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan. Carry on and you’ll discover novels set in the US,…

Welcome to what has become the James Bond universe. If you think you’ve seen a lot of the characters over the years, brace yourself because it’s going to get more intense. Amazon is gearing up for the next movie and who knows a spin off…

This year’s festive addition to the British Library Crime Classics series is Susan Gilruth’s Death in Ambush, which was first published in 1952. It is a Christmas-set mystery, yes, but one less about seasonal cheer and more about the tensions, hypocrisies and secrets that lie…

Often, crime fiction and music seem to go hand in hand. For example, Ian Rankin’s Rebus novels frequently reference musical tracks and you can find Rebus playlists on Spotify. Mark S Bonta is a South Florida crime author who has gone one step further. When…

Kiwi crime fiction kicks things off in this week’s new books report, and RWR McDonald’s debut novel, inspired by Nancy Drew truly does look… inspired! Can’t wait to tuck into that one. Plus we’ve got a book with a rock soundtrack by Mark S Bonta,…