Lynskey rolls the dice
American noir author Ed Lynskey is back with a new novel. We reviewed his gritty backwoods tale Lake Charles not long after Crime Fiction Lover got started, and we’re looking forward to Ask the Dice, which is set in Washington DC. In this book, the…
NTN: Interview with Nick Quantrill
New Talent November on Crime Fiction Lover is our effort to get some lesser known crime authors out there. Last week, a review of the excellent Broken Dreams was featured here, adding to the rave reviews Nick Quantrill has been garnering with his debut novel….
All the Young Warriors
Written by Anthony Neil Smith – All the Young Warriors is a tale of revenge, redemption, love, loss and personal discovery set in the middle of recruitment for, and fighting in, Somalia. The story ranges over continents and characters while keeping tight control on the…
NTN: Australia's top 5 hot new writers
The Australian crime fiction scene is going strong. That’s the good news. The not so good news for anyone reading this outside of Australia, and my guess is that’s most of you, is a lot of locally produced books are hard to access overseas. While…
Look who's writing for us III
Having recruited talented book reviewers in the UK, Canada and the United States, in a territorial swoop reminiscent of the board game Risk, we can now announce our first southern hemisphere contributor. We’re pleased to welcome Andrew Nette – based in Australia – to the…
NTN: The Crime Fiction Academy
Do you like the idea of becoming a crime fiction author like Lee Child, Dennis Lehane, Megan Abbott or Laura Lippman? Well one way of getting there could be to attend crime fiction school. The Center for Fiction in New York – founded back in…
NTN: We interview Chris F Holm
Chris F Holm is a favourite here at Crime Fiction Lover. His collection of short stories, 8 Pounds, was mentioned in our feature article on the best short crime story collections, and reviewed in detail as well. So it was fantastic for me to have…