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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.

First look: The video nasty Harrow Lake

By crimefictionlover

18 May, 2020

Here’s a nice little bit of pre-release marketing that came through from Penguin Random House recently. Instead of the usual early-proof-in-a-Jiffy, for Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis, the PR team sent out an envelope styled just like one from Blockbuster Video. Nostalgia. The book is…

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On the Radar: Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

By crimefictionlover

15 May, 2020

LA crime writer Michael Connelly is on fire at the moment. With his Harry Bosch series successfully adapted for the small screen by Amazon, his books are deservedly finding a wider audience. So it’s nice to see him put one of his older characters into…

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On the Radar: Peace returns to Tokyo

By crimefictionlover

8 May, 2020

If you like an author who’s able to sweep back into the past and render a setting and crime story to perfection, then it’s time to start getting excited as Faber prepares to release the latest David Peace novel. Tokyo Redux completes his Tokyo Trilogy….

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On the Radar: Meet Hammerhead Jed

By crimefictionlover

1 May, 2020

Today in our new books column we’re going to lighten the mood with two titles that take themselves far less seriously than most of the fare on our site. AJ Devlin has set a novel in the world of roller derby with an ex pro…

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Cancelled crime fiction festivals go online

By Catherine Turnbull

30 April, 2020

With much of the world on lockdown due to Covid-19, many crime fiction festivals have cancelled this year’s events. Instead, some are offering crime fiction lovers the opportunity to join virtual festivals online and interact with authors at live events and book launches, or watch…

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On the Radar: Romanian crime invasion

By crimefictionlover

24 April, 2020

As the UK ships Romanian fruit pickers back into the country for this year’s harvest after exiting the EU, more interesting to crime fiction lovers will be a new indie outfit set up to translate Romanian crime novels into English. First on the roster from…

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On the Radar: Deadly Durham

By crimefictionlover

17 April, 2020

Things get under way with a bang in this week’s new books column as an explosion rips through the English city of Durham in LJ Ross’s latest novel. The Shrine leads off a package of five books, which also include The Girl Beneath the Sea…

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On the Radar: Beyond Fear, and more

By crimefictionlover

10 April, 2020

Isolation is a major theme in current affairs at the moment and it’s also a theme in two or three of this week’s new books. We lead off with Jaye Ford’s psychological thriller Beyond Fear, which takes us away to into the Australian countryside. But…

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First look: The video nasty Harrow Lake

On the Radar: Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

On the Radar: Peace returns to Tokyo

On the Radar: Meet Hammerhead Jed

Cancelled crime fiction festivals go online

On the Radar: Romanian crime invasion

On the Radar: Deadly Durham

On the Radar: Beyond Fear, and more

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