On the Radar: Going to Motown
It’s been a while since a book set in Detroit has featured on the site but Stephen Mack Jones is here to fix that with his new novel Deus X, which has a religious theme to it and maybe a touch of corruption as well….
On the Radar: Time for some noir crime fiction
Let’s take a break from all the Yuletide mysteries hitting the shelves. Let’s hide the cosy crime novels under some magazines. And let’s remind ourselves that few things are better than watching characters act against their better judgement and morals, only to pay the price…
On the Radar: A Christmas murder, or two
You know it’s been a tough year when people are talking about Christmas weeks and weeks before Halloween. It’s been a tough decade so far, come to think of it. Perhaps another Christmas will be introduced around June time? It would appear this would suit…
On the Radar: Boston Teran is back
It’s a good week if you’re looking for crime novels offering something a bit different. We’re pretty confident you’ll find the new novels by Boston Teran, Caimh McDonnell and Carey Keith Green in this news report come straight out of left field. Plus, we’ve got…
Advertising is a dying art
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…
On the Radar: A dead author's story
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…
On the Radar: Red devils
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…
On the Radar: But it's not even Halloween
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…