Death before dishonour? We shall see...
On the Radar — The beginning of August was a big week for new releases, and the end of August looks like it will have a similarly bountiful range of new crime fiction offerings. So in this week’s news we’ve got some of the biggest…
An introduction to Noir Italiano
Italian noir? Who better to ask for an overview this unique strand of European crime fiction than the expert Omar Gatti, who edits the wonderful website Noir Italiano? We invited him to write a feature explaining Italian noir, so that English-speaking crime fiction lovers can…
Police at CFL HQ!
An early copy of the highly anticipated Harry Hole thriller Police, by Jo Nesbo, has just landed at Crime Fiction Lover headquarters. What an exciting surprise! Sent over by Random House, we’ve actually got a copy from the company’s American imprint, Knopf. This bodes well…
CFL is two years old!
Today, Crime Fiction Lover celebrates its second anniversary. We thought we’d celebrate with a very Simpsons-esque looking cake, and send out a big thank-you to the 20,000 people who now visit the site every month, and all our friends on Twitter and Facebook. And of course…
I Can See in the Dark by Karin Fossum
Translated by James Anderson — The last month has been great for fans of Norway’s Karin Fossum fans. The very first Inspector Sejer novel – In the Darkness (or Eve’s Eye in the US) – has just appeared in English. Alongside a review of that…
Look who's writing for us XI
Today we’re welcoming a brand new writer to the Crime Fiction Lover team. Andre Paine is a journalist based in London who regularly covers music, the arts and entertainment. But his true passion behind all that is books, and crime books in particular. Patricia Highsmith,…
Denise Mina wins Theakston Crime Novel of the Year
The competition was strong. And she was up against five shortlisted male authors. However, Denise Mina has repeated her feat of 2012 and won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2013. We’ve reviewed the winning book Gods and Beasts here on…