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Advertising is a dying art

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In October, November and December, we’ll be carrying an advertising campaign that’s a bit different. The Canadian indie author Ed Green has booked one of our leaderboard positions on the site to promote his novel Murder is a Dying Art. “Nothing exciting about that,” you…
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On the Radar: A dead author's story

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Yes, it’s true, we are too close to our subject, but we do love it when mysteries themselves entwine authors, manuscripts, plot lines and other literary elements so that crime fiction begets crime fiction begets crime fiction… and so on. Anthony Horowitz is a master…
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On the Radar: Red devils

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Historical thrillers, cosy mysteries, media frenzies, cold cases and fraught procedurals. We bring you all this and more here on Crime Fiction Lover and as if to prove the point here are five new crime novels for you to pick and choose over. They include…
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On the Radar: But it's not even Halloween

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Although it’s only September, we’ve already received a sleigh-full of Christmas crime fiction novels and the first of these festive titles comes from Peter Swanson. Going on previous form, he’s not the first author you’d suspect of writing Yuletide mysteries but in this genre, expect…
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On the Radar: A dark ride

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The wait is over for readers who loved Lou Berney’s November Road. The author’s first crime novel in five years has finally arrived and Dark Ride begins the dark ride that is our news column this week. There are theme parks, part-time serial killers, mobsters,…
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On the Radar: Secrets revealed

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Some of the finest and funniest contemporary espionage fiction comes from the metaphorical pen of Mick Herron, and the English author is back with his latest – a standalone called The Secret Hours. This is just the beginning, though, because this week we’ve got a…
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On the Radar: Lies and crime fiction

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The title and themes of Linwood Barclay’s latest novel have got us thinking. Is making up fiction the same as lying? Are crime authors really mendacious malingerers? Well, we know they aren’t but The Lie Maker looks deliciously intriguing… in a deceptive kind of way….
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