Must watch: The Snowman trailer
We like how this looks, it’s out in the UK on 13 October 2017, and that’s all we have to say about it. Check out our guide to the Harry Hole series here.
Ngaio nominees from New Zealand
Have you heard of the Ngaio Marsh Awards, which celebrate the best of New Zealand crime fiction? Well, it’s an award system set up by crime-loving journalist Craig Sisterson and is now in its eight year. Sisterson is doing a great job promoting and heralding Kiwi…
Did You See Melody?
Written by Sophie Hannah — Cara Burrows is well outside of her comfort zone. She has left her husband and children behind in the UK and flown across the Atlantic. It’s a spur-of-the-moment decision. Cara is pregnant and needs some me time. Instead of booking…
Comrade Detective invades Amazon Prime
You’ve got to hand it to the Channing Tatum and the folks at A24. They’ve figured out the right buttons to push with crime show addicts like us, dialled all of them, and pressed the red button labeled satire as well. Comrade Detective is the…
Carnivore
Written by Jonathan Lyon — A detective with a drinking problem and a failed marriage. A hitman who finds a conscience. The psychologically damaged character who may or may not have done something really, really bad. The serial killer with a horrible ritual. Genre fiction…
Murder is the word
On the Radar — Anthony Horowitz’s last book, Magpie Murders, took the author out of the YA mainstream and into the adult crime fiction mainstream with a clever plot that played with the crime writing process, and the notion that fictional and real crimes can…