First look: Norman Bates is back
Fans of Psycho – both the original 1959 book by Robert Bloch and the Alfred Hitchcock film adaptation – might just be ready to go mental for the next instalment in the story. Psycho: Sanitarium will be launched next week as an ebook by Canelo…
The Pull List - a new comics zine
Our friends over at Pipedream Comics – a site that honours all that’s good and great about digital comic books – have launched a new zine that wraps together some fantastic articles and imagery. It’s called The Pull List and it even features an ad for…
First look: Mister Memory
In the world of crime fiction you judge a man by the cut of his jib, so what’s so wrong with judging a book by its cover? This one has just arrived at Crime Fiction Lover HQ and it certainly takes a step away from…
Ordeal by Jorn Lier Horst
What is it about William Wisting? He’s getting on a bit, and he doesn’t really have the cannon ball-style impact of Harry Hole. Nor does he quite match Inspector Sejer for psychological intensity. And yet this quiet Norwegian detective is gaining a big following just…
First look: Art in the Blood
OK, a confession. You might have already seen this one. Art in the Blood by Bonnie MacBird has been available in this beautiful hardback edition since August 2015. But this is the first time we’ve seen it and we’re blown away. First off, the cover…
The best of Brit noir with Barry Forshaw
With his new book Brit Noir : The Pocket Essential Guide to British Crime Fiction due out on 24 March, we invited crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw to pick his top 12 books in the British crime fiction category. So, it’s over to Barry… The best…
Listen to two free chapters of Six Four
Hideo Yokoyama’s Six Four is going to be one of the biggest books of 2016. Literally. The hardback comes in at 635 pages and as you can see it’s a book that stands up on its own. You could even say it’s the printed equivalent of six-four,…