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On the Radar: But it's not even Halloween

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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…
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On the Radar: A dark ride

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The wait is over for readers who loved Lou Berney’s November Road. The author’s first crime novel in five years has finally arrived and Dark Ride begins the dark ride that is our news column this week. There are theme parks, part-time serial killers, mobsters,…
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On the Radar: Secrets revealed

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Some of the finest and funniest contemporary espionage fiction comes from the metaphorical pen of Mick Herron, and the English author is back with his latest – a standalone called The Secret Hours. This is just the beginning, though, because this week we’ve got a…
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On the Radar: Lies and crime fiction

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The title and themes of Linwood Barclay’s latest novel have got us thinking. Is making up fiction the same as lying? Are crime authors really mendacious malingerers? Well, we know they aren’t but The Lie Maker looks deliciously intriguing… in a deceptive kind of way….
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On the Radar: Come with us...

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There is never a dull moment in crime fiction – join us as we look forward to the latest mystery, thriller and noir releases in August starting with Erin Flanagan’s Come with Me. There are killer bees, a perplexing missing persons case, a sinister religious…
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On the Radar: Protect the child!

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Even in fiction, when pregnant women come under threat our protective instinct kicks in. Writers can use this to their advantage and it’s cropping up a fair bit in crime fiction at the moment. Megan Abbott’s Beware the Woman is a case in point (watch…
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On the Radar: Sean Duffy returns at last!

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Is it just us, or is Adrian McKinty’s Sean Duffy series the most underrated set of novels in the business? The characters. The dialogue. The Northern Ireland setting. The author’s deft way of weaving the Troubles into the wider milieu of late stage colonialism. And…
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