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On the Radar: Botanical noir is a thing!?!

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In Britain, across Canada and the US, all over the Northern Hemisphere flowers are blooming… foliage is flourishing… vines are creeping… plants are proliferating… and in some cases poisons are brewing in their deadly roots. We’d never really thought about it but botanical noir could…
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June 2026 is the UK's National Crime Reading month

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Nine murders. One seemingly impossible disappearance. Nineteen burglaries. An adrenalin-fuelled car chase and an impressively grand theft. Plenty of domestic drama. A taste of pie-based controversy. Not a bad tally so far for May’s crime spree on CFL… but can you do any better? Before…
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First Look: The Tailor by Tim Sullivan

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Tim Sullivan’s neurodivergent detective, George Cross, returns for an eighth case in The Tailor on 16 July 2026. Once again, the Bristol-based detective sergeant will be working a murder. He’s solved cases involving a politician, a dentist, a bookseller, a teacher and more… this time…
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First Look: Quant by Anthony Bidulka

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Yesterday on X we brought you the exclusive cover reveal of Quant, the ninth novel in Canadian crime author Anthony Bidulka’s detective series and the first in nearly 15 years. Russell Quant is a lot of things. He doesn’t drink wine, he swills it. He…
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On the Radar: Forgotten towns and lost souls

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Across the new crime novels we write about this week you’ll visit some pretty remote places – forgotten mining towns, backwoods places and the fringes of cities where tourists never venture. In one set-up, the people fear going venture outside. Even in their international political…
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