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Crime fiction lovers strike it lucky!

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On the Radar — Michael Connolly, Robin Cook, Patricia Cornwell, Robert Galbraith, John Grisham… No, it’s not the top table at a crime writing awards dinner, it’s this week’s collection of forthcoming new releases. Add in the names Abbott, Comley, Renn, and Wynd, and we can safely…
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First look: The Yellow Diamond

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Here’s a surprise. Andrew Martin is back with a new novel, but it doesn’t involve trains, and Jim Stringer is nowhere to be found. The author has swapped those topics for a new idea that he’s come up with, and The Yellow Diamond focuses on…
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A tribute to Henning Mankell

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One of Sweden’s best known authors, Henning Mankell, has passed away. He died earlier today in Gothenburg, after a long battle with cancer. Mankell was one of the key figures in the rise of the Nordic noir sub-genre, and sold over 40 million books worldwide. He…
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Classic FM's Upstairs Downland Abbey

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Classic FM has produced a star-studded whodunnit radio drama to raise money for its charity, Global’s Make Some Noise. The programme is called Upstairs Downland Abbey, and will star David Tennant, David and John Suchet, Aled Jones, Myleene Klass, Charlotte Green and several Classic FM presenters including……
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Under starter's orders

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On the Radar — A horse racing metaphor is too good to miss, and so we begin with a Felix Francis murder mystery set in the secretive world of The Sport of Kings. Our selection this week gallops across the crime sub-genres from cosy to noir, with…
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New $25,000 mystery book prize

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MysteriousPress.com has announced a chance for new crime writers to get their foot on the publishing ladder – and it comes with $25,000 prize money. The search is on for the best ebook original mystery novel and in addition to the cash, the Mysterious Press Award promises worldwide publication. The…
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Michael Robotham wins CWA Gold Dagger 2015

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Last night at a ceremony in London, Michael Robotham became only the second Australian ever to win the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger, for his recent novel Life or Death. The first was Peter Temple with The Broken Shore in 2007. “It’s nice to win…
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