Meet the author: Heidi Field
We know you love to discover new crime authors, and Heidi Field is one to watch out for if you enjoy a good serial killer mystery. On 25 June 2025, her first novel – The Other Boy – comes out via Tule Publishing, and it…
First look: Animal Farm illustrated by Quentin Blake
It’s not a crime novel per se but it’s full of crimes. Perhaps some of them are similar to things we’re seeing in the world today? George Orwell’s classic critique of Soviet totalitarianism Animal Farm has been reprinted by The Folio Society with illustrations by…
Serial killer thriller Ragdoll comes to BBC iPlayer
If you’re a UK-based lover of serial killer investigations, head to the BBC iPlayer where you can now watch Ragdoll. The programme is instantly fascinating to us here on Crime Fiction Lover as it’s based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Cole….
On the Radar: Idyllic places, dark secrets
Well, the bad news – if this week’s crime novels are true to reality – is that when things are going really well and you’re right up there, then they’re bound to come down again. And, they could just keep on getting worse until… um……
Dept. Q: Original novel Mercy prize draw
If you’ve been enjoying Dept. Q on Netflix, why not go back to the original source? The first series of the show is based on Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen, which arrived in English translation in 2011. In the US it came out the following year…
First look: Minky Woodcock - The Girl Called Cthulhu
Watch the video: The third graphic novel in this stunning series by Cynthia von Buhler has arrived here at CFL Towers and instead of doing loads of photos and a write-up, we decided to go one better and bring you a little video about it….
Interview: Linwood Barclay
If the career of an author were a storyline, Linwood Barclay has thrown down a bit of a plot twist with his latest novel. What we’re used to is pacy thrillers with themes pulled from the headlines. Private detectives. Investigative journalists. Cops. However, with Whistle,…
Pale Mountains: Murder in the Italian Alps
Channel 4 and Walter Presents have set a new destination on our crime drama map. From Friday 13 June, you’ll be able to stream your way to Bolzano, a city high in the Italian Alps, where a serial killer has emerged from dormancy and an…