Back to Poe land
On the Radar — The Baltimore area was home to one of the first great crime fiction authors in the form of Edgar Allan Poe,…
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- A summer of crime: The Bath-based independent Beaufort Bookshop has unveiled its bloo
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- Interview: MW Craven: Mike Craven spent a decade travelling the world in the army bef
- The top five crime films at Cannes 2019: Our film noir correspondent Dennis Broe reveals
A summer of crime
The Bath-based independent Beaufort Bookshop has unveiled its blood-dripping July front window with the theme ‘submerge yourself in crime fiction this summer’, supported by indie…
Find Gomorrah on the Dark Web
On the Radar — Here on Crime Fiction Lover we are actually a pretty law abiding bunch. Our biggest infraction lately was a parking ticket…
First look: Dead Ground
In this age of digital downloads it’s nice to discover publishers that put a little bit extra into the design of books as physical things…
Don’t break the chain
On the Radar — Prepare to be broadsided as some of the biggest names in contemporary crime fiction launch a salvo of explosive-looking novels that’ll…
Mafiosa: a feminist take on gangster land
The macho image of organised crime in the 1920s is being turned on its side by a new crime fiction comic which is building a…
Don’t die for me, Argentina
On the Radar — There’s always such a deluge of US and UK crime fiction. That’s why we like to look out for good translations…
Thriller concepts
On the Radar — Although they’re working in a genre where readers have many expectations, crime fiction authors always try hard to come up with…
Jackson Lamb is gunning for revenge
On the Radar — There are too many crime books out there with anonymous silhouettes and vaguely thematic backgrounds on the cover, but we think…
Speak up for crime fiction
On the Radar — This week, our new books column starts off with a book that looks very interesting – and although it’s called The…
Wolves at doors, bodies in wells…
On the Radar — There are delectable treats for crime fiction lovers from start to finish in this week’s new books column. We’ll start you…
First look: More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Everyone’s heard of Sherlock Holmes. He’s one of the most famous fictional detectives ever created. However, once you’ve read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s entire Holmes…
James Ellroy’s This Storm, and more…
On the Radar — Brace yourself, crime-writing and linguistic hurricane James Ellroy is back with a wartime thriller featuring the cop you love to hate,…
Thomas Harris returns
On the Radar — The American author Thomas Harris has only written five novels but he’s one of the most impactful crime writers of all…
Cardinal season 3 comes to BBC Four
The Canadian crime drama Cardinal returns to BBC Four on Saturday 11 May at 9pm with a new case involving a double murder. But that’s…
The crime fiction innovators
On the Radar — What a time we have ahead with huge releases on the way from Denise Mina and Jeffery Deaver. There are new…