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From police procedurals to psychological thrillers, and from the darkest noir to cosy mysteries, Crime Fiction Lover brings you the latest crime novel releases.

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First Look: The Art of Getting Hammered by Joanna Wallace

By crimefictionlover

29 April, 2026

We loved You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace – so much so that it earned a five-star review here on the site. Our readers loved it too, voting it the Best Debut Novel of 2023 in the Crime Fiction Lover Awards that…

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On the Radar: Five minutes of your time?

By crimefictionlover

24 April, 2026

Oooo, we’re liking the pentagrammic symmetry of this week’s lead book. What do you think? Five on five, oh-five. And in five minutes one of five characters might be dead. But if we go one step further and say, “Six!” then you have the number…

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On the Radar: Time for a reckoning

By crimefictionlover

17 April, 2026

Wow, we reckon you’ve got plenty of choice here in this week’s new books report. The long shadow of the past is cast across a set of friends in London, but you can equally find yourself enjoying a heist in Bangkok, rubbing shoulders with the…

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On the Radar: Two ex-cops, two dogs, a prostitute and more...

By crimefictionlover

10 April, 2026

You’ll meet some odd characters reading crime fiction. As we look ahead to the week of Shakespeare’s birthday on 23 April – when a stupendous amount of books are being released – we’ve found a cast the bard would be proud of. A couple of…

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On the Radar: Crime reading for April

By DeathBecomesHer

3 April, 2026

We’ve stepped into April, stepped into spring, but there are dark dealings on the horizon – in the world of crime fiction, at least. This week’s new books column has six treats for mystery lovers to explore, starting with a very atmospheric looking title set…

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First look: Blood Never Sleeps by Andrew Lowe

By crimefictionlover

2 April, 2026

Previously a hugely successful self-published thriller author, Andrew Lowe signed with Vinci Books last year and we told you all about Creepy Crawly, the first book in his Jake Sawyer series. And, earlier this year, we introduced you to The Whispering Bones, the first title…

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On the radar: Blood doesn't sleep, it curdles

By crimefictionlover

27 March, 2026

Welcome back to the wonderful world of crime novels and our weekly new books column. There are some fascinating novels on the bill today, including the latest from Andrew Lowe, a wonderful-looking novel set in Taiwan by Ed Lin, and the latest from Clare Mackintosh….

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On the Radar: From spells to cybercrime

By crimefictionlover

20 March, 2026

One of the things we try to do here at Crime Fiction Lover is introduce you to new authors. This week, we are in the zone as regards that objective here in our weekly news column. All five of the writers below have never appeared…

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First Look: The Art of Getting Hammered by Joanna Wallace

On the Radar: Five minutes of your time?

On the Radar: Time for a reckoning

On the Radar: Two ex-cops, two dogs, a prostitute and more...

On the Radar: Crime reading for April

First look: Blood Never Sleeps by Andrew Lowe

On the radar: Blood doesn't sleep, it curdles

On the Radar: From spells to cybercrime

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