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: What's that sound?
Shadowy memories tinged with vengeance. Jazz solos. A cold corpse in the river. A heist. Hemp sandals… This week’s reading pile might just give you sensory overload. Let’s kick off our weekly news report with Catriona Ward’s latest novel, set in New England and with…
Barking Up the Right Tree by Leigh Russell
Having guided the redoubtable DI Geraldine Steel through 14 non-cosy cases, English crime author Leigh Russell has shifted her focus from the police procedural to the more gentle side of the crime genre with Barking Up the Right Tree. The first book in the A…
Freeze by Kate Simants
In Freeze, a group of strangers convene upon an Arctic ship in order to win the £100,000 prize offered by the new reality TV show, Frozen Out. At the simplest level, this novel is both a survival thriller and a locked-room mystery as the contestants…
Best crime novel of 2022 shortlist
We had no idea how popular the Crime Fiction Lover Awards would be when we launched them last year, but they’re back for 2022 and nominations have closed. Now it’s down to the final six in our Best Crime Novel category and as a crime…
First look: Things Get Ugly by Joe R Lansdale
Joe R Lansdale is a legend in the crime fiction genre. Horror, comic books and Westerns too. His Hap and Leonard series is second to none for gritty, brutal, gonzo Southern noir, but done with a ladle of nuance, plenty of feeling and a touch…
Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand
Maine-based author Elizabeth Hand writes widely across the crime fiction and dark fantasy genres. With her crime novels we’ve grown used to cold climate settings, and the Cass Neary series has taken readers from New England to Iceland, across the UK and over to Sweden….
The Island by Adrian McKinty
You know what: avoid islands. A piece of land surrounded by water can only mean chaos and misery. The Island of Dr Moreau. Treasure Island. Love Island. Britain itself is… well… you know. And in his latest standalone thriller, Adrian McKinty creates an island that…