WIN Harlan Coben's Seconds Away
American author Harlan Coben has a true talent for penning page-turning crime thrillers. Here on Crime Fiction Lover a couple of our favourites include the standalone novels Just One Look and Tell No One, which featured one of the baddest badman found in the genre…
Ghost in the Machine
Written by Ed James — In a budget Edinburgh hotel young divorcee Caroline Adamson nervously awaits Martin Webb, whom she has met on the social networking site Schoolbook. A couple of days later, when she has not returned to collect her young son, she is…
Top five: America's best fictional detectives
As far as fictional detectives go there are so many to choose from. The iconic Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Morse and Commissaire Maigret have kept crime at bay in Europe. But what about America’s fictional villains? Who tracks them down? Tonight we’re going to…
The Murder Quadrille
Written by Fidelis Morgan — The Murder Quadrille is aptly named, because author Fidelis Morgan certainly leads the reader a merry dance. And ‘merry’ is a well chosen description too, because this is possibly the funniest crime book I’ve ever read. You’ll need the tissues…
A Wanted Man
Written by Lee Child — If’ you’re visiting a website dedicated to crime fiction, you might already have some familiarity with what must be the most successful single-character series in the genre right now – the Jack Reacher novels. Maybe you’ve read at least one…
Reacher and Bosch are back
On the Radar — This week our crime fiction news brings a mouth-watering clash of the crime fiction titans with new releases from Dennis Lehane, Lee Child and Michael Connelly. We also thought we might throw in something of a wildcard. Manly Murders is set…