Short stories by Lawrence Block
Exclusive news — Today the New York-based author Lawrence Block dropped us a line to let us know about a new book of short stories he’s launching early in October. The Night and the Music collects together nine stories that have appeared in previous works,…
Budapest Noir: soon in English
We were surprised to find out that until Vilmos Kondor wrote his book Budapest Noir in 2008, the crime fiction genre was unknown in the country. As you may have guessed, we like to take fictional trips overseas now and again here at Crime Fiction…
Victorian character competition: THE WINNERS
Last night at midnight our first ever competition here on Crime Fiction Lover closed, and today we can set off the fireworks and announce the winners. Congratulations go out to Alex Washoe and Kaarreenn AKA nneerrraakk (we’re going by their Twitter identities). They faced the…
Victorian crime compo: update
Have you entered our competition to win a signed copy of DE Meredith’s novel, Devoured? We’re giving two away as a prelude to the release of her new novel The Devil’s Ribbon next month. Full details of the competition can be found here, but we’ve…
Win a signed copy of DE Meredith's Devoured
Next month, DE Meredith’s second Victorian crime fiction novel The Devil’s Ribbon will be released. But it’s always good to read an author’s crime books in order, so we’re giving away two signed hardback copies of her first book, Devoured, in our first ever competition…
Win a signed copy of DE Meredith's Devoured
Next month, DE Meredith’s second Victorian crime fiction novel The Devil’s Ribbon will be released. But it’s always good to read an author’s crime books in order, so we’re giving away two signed hardback copies of her first book, Devoured, in our first ever competition…
Dust Devils
Written by Roger Smith — There’s something distasteful on nearly every page of this book as South African author Roger Smith paints the rainbow nation in blood, excrement and several other bodily fluids. Yet he does it in a manner that, while continually disturbing, also…