2024

Belgian crime show The Twelve returns to More4

25 April, 2024

The second season of the Belgian crime drama The Twelve is coming to the UK with a case entitled The Cinderella Murder. A young woman stands accused of killing her step-mother, but beside her in the dock is her father – and 12 jurors must…

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First look: Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville

By crimefictionlover

23 April, 2024

The Northern Irish author Stuart Neville probably doesn’t get credit he deserves, but crime fiction lovers know him as one of Britain’s leading authors in the genre. A couple of years back we enjoyed his domestic noir novel The House of Ashes, and he’s written…

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The Case of the Bereaved Butler by Cathy Ace

By Erin Britton

22 April, 2024

The women of the WISE Enquiries Agency, Wales’s premier private detectives, face a busy summer of sleuthing in The Case of the Bereaved Butler. It marks the ninth outing for Cathy Ace’s intrepid female investigators, who are once again faced with a plethora of complex…

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On the Radar: Crash but don't burn

By crimefictionlover

19 April, 2024

Welcome back to our report on new crime fiction releases. This week we don’t have any big name authors but we do have a set of books that will grip you and take you on a suspenseful and thrilling ride. There are some crash victims…

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A Lesson in Cruelty by Harriet Tyce

By DeathBecomesHer

18 April, 2024

Harriet Tyce is an author that’s new to me, but there had been quite a buzz about this book and it made the CFL list of Most Wanted Books for 2024 so I had high hopes. After bursting into the scene with her best-selling debut…

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The South Asian authors changing UK crime fiction

By crimefictionlover

16 April, 2024

Today we’re joined by crime author Ajay Chowdhury – famous in the genre for his Kamil Rahman novels and famous in the tech world as the investor who took the tune identifying app Shazam to market. Here he shares his thoughts on how a new…

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Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky

By Sharon Richardson

15 April, 2024

Pay Dirt is the 22nd book in the VI Warshawski series by veteran US crime author Sara Paretsky. Back in the 1980s, female characters in crime novels tended to be vamps or victims, according to the author, so at that time a lead character like…

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On the Radar: Deadly storm approaching

By crimefictionlover

12 April, 2024

You’ll be pleased you clicked to open our report because there’s a lot to discover in the crime fiction genre this week. Greg Mosse, husband of historical fiction author Kate Mosse, is set to release his second eco thriller, The Coming Storm. We also have…

Crime Fiction Lover

Belgian crime show The Twelve returns to More4

First look: Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville

The Case of the Bereaved Butler by Cathy Ace

On the Radar: Crash but don't burn

A Lesson in Cruelty by Harriet Tyce

The South Asian authors changing UK crime fiction

Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky

On the Radar: Deadly storm approaching

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