The Collection
Written by Lance Charnes — In this first-person caper, set in the present day, narrator Matt Friedrich encounters a whole clockwork factory ticking toward deadlines, with the emphasis on ‘dead’. If he doesn’t find certain stolen art, the women in his life will be dead at…
NTN: Ten to taste part 2
The mission: to give some air time to self-published crime authors out there. The medium: New Talent November on Crime Fiction Lover. The message: Why not one of these books and support an up-and-coming author? If you do pick up one of these novels and read…
NTN: How to find new crime authors
Finding a great new book or an exciting new author is like discovering gold – or, since we’re talking crime here, stealing some gold and getting away with it! Everyone has their favorite MO, and here are several ways of finding exciting new crime books….
Triple Crown
Written by Felix Francis — Carrying on his father’s series of horse racing mysteries from the year 2000 – when Dick Francis retired – Felix Francis has fallen into a perfect gallop with them. Triple Crown is his fifth novel writing solo, after having co-written several with his…
NTN: New blood from North America
With the US and Canada, North America has the largest and most varied English language crime fiction market. From pulp novels to great literary epics, its authors are dedicated to their craft and the heritage of crime writing on the continent goes all the way back…
Blonde Ice
Written by RG Belsky — This is the fourth crime mystery in the series featuring New York Daily News reporter Gil Malloy, dogged practitioner of a fading profession. Following on from The Kennedy Connection, it’s written in the first person and holds you close to the genial…
Combustion
Written by Martin J Smith — It’s some kind of progress to see the growth in the number of crime novels and television series that give hardworking male police detectives a woman boss. And, I guess it reflects even more progress that these female supervisors…