Love the Dutch
On the Radar — There are a lot of great crime books coming out in the next couple of weeks, but we think the pick of the bunch is the debut from Holland, which starts off our column this week. Butterfly on the Storm is…
First look: The Crime Book from Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley, the company that publishes glorious illustrated reference books, has turned to crime. From 3 April, you’ll be able to get your hands on the latest book in the DK Big Ideas series – The Crime Book. Inside are over 350 pages all about the…
Bryant and May go wild
On the Radar — Seven new books for you this week, starting with the latest Christopher Fowler’s new Bryant and May novel. He’s an author who never ceases to find new ways of looking at London… Wild Chamber by Christopher Fowler They are a bit like…
Last look: Crime Scene magazine's final issue
With all the sang froid of a mob hitman, the publishing directors at Future Publishing have liquidated Crime Scene, the company’s high quality crime fiction magazine and the only one on the shelves devoted to crime fiction. Issue seven has arrived, and sadly it will…
Arnaldur Indridason talks about The Shadow District
The Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indridason is a quiet and thoughtful man, who has studied his own country, its history and its literature, in great detail. These are qualities that shine through in the novels he wrote about Detective Erlendur, which began with Sons of Dust in 1997 and concluded…
Vicious Circle by CJ Box
From Alaska‘s misfits to Norwegian serial killers, and all the way to the Russian steppes, there are many flavours of cold climate crime fiction to savour. CJ Box uses his home state of Wyoming as the backdrop for his own brand of wilderness noir. The…
It's Reservoir Dogs - the game
It’s hard to believe that 25 years have passed since Quentin Tarantino brought us his own take on the hardboiled heist scenario with Reservoir Dogs. To celebrate the anniversary, the Spanish game developer Big Star, and publisher Lionsgate, are releasing Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days, a…
There's no escape... No, wait, there is
On the Radar — Our weekly news column kicks off with one of the biggest new thriller authors on the British bookshelf, and her third release. Start reading it, and we reckon you won’t be able to escape from The Escape. There are ten books…