Jack Reacher immortalised in song
What do you get for the crime fiction lover who has everything? How about Just the Clothes on My Back by the American roots rock…
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It’s mighty cold out there
On the Radar — Winter is here in the northern climes of the Crime Fiction Lover HQ. But just think of how cold it is in…
Time for some cybercrime
On the Radar — The connected world of the internet, apps, social media and the Dark Web offers the perfect inspiration for contemporary crime authors…
A new beginning for David Baldacci
On the Radar — The American author David Baldacci is starting a new series. The author has already written five series with protagonists ranging from…
Season seven of Beck comes to BBC Four
The Swedish crime series Beck, based on the Martin Beck novels by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, is returning to BBC Four more than 20…
Hello, is that Vlad? Vlad the Inhaler?
On the Radar — Missing girls, dead children, serial killers, the broken detective… Crime fiction has its clichés, for sure. But our favourite genre always…
First look: The Flower Girls
How about an early first peek at the cover The Flower Girls, coming in January from Raven Books? It promises to be a chilling affair…
Gothic crime with plenty of spooks
On the Radar — Did somebody say Halloween? Well, this week’s new crime books all have a bit of a ghostly theme to them, from…
Take me back to Oz
On the Radar — With Mystery Road and Goldstone airing on BBC Four and awards for books like Jane Harper’s The Dry, we’re hit again…
Trump, the Russians, and one outrageous secret
On the Radar — Wow, we’ve got some fun for you this week as an anonymous British author speculates on just how far the Russians…
Alex – the dirty cop crime drama from Sweden
Love your Scandinavian crime fiction? Head over to Walter Presents and you’ll be able to stream the six-episode series, Alex, complete with English subtitles. Also…
Morecambe & Vice 2018 – a festival of crime writing and hidden talents
In a chilly and cavernous, tatty-around-the-edges but still beautiful old theatre on Morecambe’s seafront, MJ Arlidge is holding forth. He has a bottle in one…
Helen FitzGerald’s The Cry comes to BBC One
No fights. No gunshots. Not even a drop of blood. And yet The Cry, which began airing on BBC One on Sunday 30 September is…
Cold Breath, hot new crime novels!
On the Radar — Another week, another pile of brand new crime novels for you to dive into. With a chill in the air here…
Inkshares is looking for the next Michael Connelly
The crowdfunding-based publisher Inkshares is holding a new competition looking for the next big mystery and thriller writers. The contest is open now and closes…
A report from Bloody Scotland 2018
There was plenty of near bloodshed going on at the annual Caledonian shindig with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers band murdering songs for a laugh,…