2022

The Whisperer’s Game by Donato Carrisi

By Paul Burke

14 July, 2022

Translated by Katherine Gregor — Hot on the heels of The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler comes a very different but equally chilling serial killer thriller from Italian maestro Donato Carrisi. It’s a decade since his debut, The Whisperer, which terrified readers across the continent….

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Architect of Courage by Victoria Weisfeld

By DeathBecomesHer

13 July, 2022

Over the years, several Crime Fiction Lover contributors have gone on to write their own additions to the genre. It proves that the passion for crime fiction cuts across readers, reviewers and writers. Latest in that list is Victoria Weisfeld, an accomplished short story writer…

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The doctor will see you now... Mark Edwards

By DeathBecomesHer

12 July, 2022

There’s a life-sized cardboard cutout in view in the latest of Dr Jacky Collins’ The Doctor Will See You Now video interviews – and no, we’re not talking about Mark Edwards, author of No Place to Run, which is out now. The cutout is female,…

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Jacked: An Anthology of Crime Fiction

By Vicki Weisfeld

12 July, 2022

Edited by Vern Smith — A crime fiction short story has to accomplish a lot in a compressed space. It has to describe the crime involved in enough detail to make sense to readers, it has to create believable characters whose fates you care about…

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Trom – the Faroese crime drama on BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

12 July, 2022

Trom could just be the Nordic noir crime show you’ve been waiting for. From Ystad to the Arctic Circle and from the forests of Finland to Reykjavik, just about every corner of the old Norse world has appeared as the setting of a crime show….

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Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles

By Erin Britton

8 July, 2022

In Murder Before Evensong, Richard Coles’ debut cosy mystery, Canon Daniel Clement joins the ranks of crime-fighting clergy alongside such literary legends as Father Brown, Reverend Sidney Chambers and Brother Cadfael. As the Rector of Champton St Mary, a bucolic English parish still supported by…

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On the Radar: Ain't seen nothin' like the mighty Flynn

By crimefictionlover

8 July, 2022

The Plea, The Liar, Devil’s Advocate, Th1rt3en – Northern Ireland author Steve Cavanagh has dealt an ace with each book we’ve reviewed in his mighty Eddie Flynn series. This week his latest legal thriller, The Accomplice, is blipping wildly on our radar. If you’ve read…

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Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 July, 2022

The popular Boston Police Department duo detective Jane Rizzoli and forensic pathologist Maura Isles return in their 13th crime thriller, Listen to Me. It’s been five years since the previous novel in the series, I Know a Secret. There was also a TV series based…

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The Whisperer’s Game by Donato Carrisi

Architect of Courage by Victoria Weisfeld

The doctor will see you now... Mark Edwards

Jacked: An Anthology of Crime Fiction

Trom – the Faroese crime drama on BBC Four

Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles

On the Radar: Ain't seen nothin' like the mighty Flynn

Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen

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