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On the Inca Trail to murder

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On the radar — This week’s book report includes a new psychological thriller from International Latino Book Award Winner, Cecilia Velastegui, and the latest release from Edgar-nominated writer Paul Doiron. Mark Peterson returns as well with the follow-up to his debut novel Flesh and Blood, and…
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Love Story, With Murders

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Last year our contributor David Prestidge raved about Harry Bingham’s Talking to the Dead and, in fact, it was his favourite crime read of 2012. Well, Bingham is back and his new book has a great title – Love Story, With Murder. The lead detective…
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From the Mona Lisa to Maori detectives

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On the Radar — Our book report this week includes the crime fiction debut of an Emmy nominee, Bitter Lemon Press introduces us to the godfather of New Zealand’s crime fiction scene, we have Scandi crime fiction written by a German, and Philadelphia detectives Byrne…
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Thorne is back: seeing is believing

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Mark Billingham fans, have you been wondering what happened to his killer-catching cop Tom Thorne? Well, your wait is over because today Little Brown has unveiled the eleventh Thorne thriller, The Dying Hours. You know how much we like our debossed, silver foil and spot-UV…
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Criminals and crocodile tears

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On the Radar — This week’s new books offer a veritable feast of crime fiction delights. Amongst the fascinating goodies on offer we bring you the latest from crime author Emlyn Rees, who also happens to be commissioning editor at indie publisher Exhibit A Books….
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World Book Night 2013 is coming...

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On 23 April, 20,000 volunteers in the UK and Ireland will be distributing about 500,000 books to people who don’t normally read – we take our hats off to them! World Book Night is a celebration of reading that aims to support the libraries, bookshops,…
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Gems from the Golden Age

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Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L Sayers – just a handful of the best-known names from the Golden Age of crime fiction back in the 1920s and 30s. In those days, detectives had something proper about them, there was a certainness about right…
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Accidents happen... or do they?

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On the Radar — The ultimate goal of a crime fiction villain is usually to get away with it, and one of the best ways to do that is to make it look like an accident, right? And that dismissive phrase ‘accidents happen’ is the theme…
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