Lynskey rolls the dice
American noir author Ed Lynskey is back with a new novel. We reviewed his gritty backwoods tale Lake Charles not long after Crime Fiction Lover got started, and we’re looking forward to Ask the Dice, which is set in Washington DC. In this book, the…
All the Young Warriors
Written by Anthony Neil Smith – All the Young Warriors is a tale of revenge, redemption, love, loss and personal discovery set in the middle of recruitment for, and fighting in, Somalia. The story ranges over continents and characters while keeping tight control on the…
NTN: Australia's top 5 hot new writers
The Australian crime fiction scene is going strong. That’s the good news. The not so good news for anyone reading this outside of Australia, and my guess is that’s most of you, is a lot of locally produced books are hard to access overseas. While…
Otto Penzler goes digital
Crime fiction lovers in New York City have long benefited from the existence of Otto Penzler’s store The Mysterious Bookshop, while readers have enjoyed books he’s published under the Mysterious Publishing imprint since 1975. Now fans of the genre from around the world will be…
Spider Bones AKA Mortal Remains
Written by Kathy Reichs — The books Spider Bones and Mortal Remains are one and the same book albeit with different titles, much to the confusion and irritation of some Reichs fans. Dr Temperance Brennan in common with her creator Kathy Reichs is an experienced…
NTN: Hotel Bosphorus
Written by Esmahan Aykol — Aykol’s debut novel was originally published in her native Turkey back in 2001, but has only recently been translated into English by Ruth Whitehouse. Although not the first Turkish writer to take up her pen and write in the crime…
Dead Money
Written by Ray Banks — This is the latest release from the critically acclaimed author of the Cal Innes saga, and boy/girl, man/woman, does he deliver… Alan is a double glazing salesman, husband to a long suffering wife, boyfriend to a young student, and best mate…