2022

The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

By DeathBecomesHer

18 April, 2022

Double CFL Award winner Elly Griffiths has been writing about forensic archeologist Dr Ruth Galloway since 2009. We’re up to book 14, and while some writers might be flagging by this point The Locked Room reveals an author right on the top of her game….

News

On the Radar: A genre on fire

By crimefictionlover

16 April, 2022

Crime fiction – the genre we love – is hotter than ever. But we think the thermostat is about to pop as the American author Don Winslow returns with a brand new trilogy set in the world of organised crime in New England. We’ve seen…

Features

Harry Bosch returns in Bosch: Legacy – full preview

By crimefictionlover

15 April, 2022

Harry Bosch, Maddie Bosch and Honey Chandler return to our screens on 6 May in Bosch: Legacy, a spinoff that continues on from Amazon Prime Video‘s seven-season series, revealing a different side to each of these key characters. Premiering free on Freevee via Prime Video,…

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The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 April, 2022

Translated by KL Seegers — The infamous police detective and recovering alcoholic, Benny Griessel, is back in South African author Deon Meyer’s 14th crime novel. This time the setting is Meyer’s home town, Stellenbosch, and real life events and fiction merge into a compelling, rip-roaring…

Kindle Print Reviews

Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J Farmer

By Erin Britton

14 April, 2022

Death of a Bookseller, the 100th title to be published in the British Library’s sublime Crime Classics series, marks a welcome return to print for Bernard J Farmer. As Martin Edwards notes in his informative introduction to this new edition, copies of the previously long…

Kindle Print Reviews

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

By Vicki Weisfeld

12 April, 2022

Like a clever jigsaw puzzle, Susan Rigetti’s crime fiction debut, Cover Story, about a world-class financial swindler and con artist gives you a lot of pieces, and it takes a while for them to start fitting together, allowing the full picture to emerge. The story…

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The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes by Cathy Ace

By Erin Britton

11 April, 2022

In The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes, the 12th cosy mystery featuring Cait Morgan and Bud Anderson, Cathy Ace delights in derailing yet another holiday for her devoted detective duo. An internationally renowned criminal psychologist and a retired homicide detective, respectively, Cait and Bud are…

News

On the Radar: Life's a beach...

By DeathBecomesHer

8 April, 2022

…and then you read crime fiction! This week our news column starts off on a beach in the South of France for a crime story with a different pace and tone to many. French author Marion Brunet captures the characters, scenes and situations in a…

Crime Fiction Lover

The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

On the Radar: A genre on fire

Harry Bosch returns in Bosch: Legacy – full preview

The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer

Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J Farmer

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes by Cathy Ace

On the Radar: Life's a beach...

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