cosby

Best crime novel of 2021 shortlist

19 November, 2021

In our first ever Crime Fiction Lover Awards we bring you our shortlist for the Best Crime Novel for 2021. Have you read any of them? Which one do you think is best? Have your say by voting via our online form. You’ll also find…

Features

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2021: The shortlists

By crimefictionlover

17 November, 2021

First of all, thank you to everyone who made nominations for our first ever Crime Fiction Lover Awards. Your participation is one of the things that makes these awards unique and exciting. Now, let’s get down to business! We had a huge response during the…

iBook Kindle Print Reviews

When a Stranger Comes to Town

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

16 June, 2021

Edited by Michael Koryta — Leo Tolstoy is cited as saying, “All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.” For the latest anthology from the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) guest editor Michael…

iBook Kindle Print Reviews

Young Blood by Sifiso Mzobe

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 June, 2021

Although South African crime writing has mostly been dominated by white writers, a new generation of black writers is emerging and they’re changing the landscape of South African crime fiction with their fresh perspective. One of them is Sifiso Mzobe, a journalist from Umlazi whose…

Features

Chester Himes returns in a new set of Penguin Classics

By Paul Burke

11 May, 2021

With strikingly designed covers, new editions of five novels by Chester Himes have appeared the shelves. Featuring Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones, the reprinting of these hardboiled detective stories is good news – Himes was an American crime fiction genius who is still underappreciated. When…

Features

The most wanted crime novels of 2021

By crimefictionlover

31 December, 2020

What are you most looking forward to in 2021? No, don’t answer that. We know. It’s fantastic new crime novels, isn’t it? Well, you’ve come to the right place. 2020 has been a tough year, and many countries will begin 2021 with COVID lockdowns still…

Features

RoughJustice: Top five books of 2020

By RoughJustice

26 December, 2020

2020 has been a difficult year for a lot of people, and I have found my reading habits affected. I haven’t read, or reviewed, nearly as much as I would like to, but reviewing my list, I am at least happy with the diversity of…

Book Club

Blacktop Wasteland

By RoughJustice

26 October, 2020

American author SA Cosby has delivered this year’s breakout novel. Blacktop Wasteland, set in Virginia, is the story of the downfall of Bug Montage, family man and small-business owner, who has never been able to quite kick the thrills of drag racing and armed robbery….

Crime Fiction Lover

Best crime novel of 2021 shortlist

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2021: The shortlists

When a Stranger Comes to Town

Young Blood by Sifiso Mzobe

Chester Himes returns in a new set of Penguin Classics

The most wanted crime novels of 2021

RoughJustice: Top five books of 2020

Blacktop Wasteland

WELCOME TO CRIME FICTION LOVER

Navigation

Recent Comments

Finnish crime show All the Sins comes to Channel 4

Fear No Evil by James Patterson

The Wall: Quebec crime show comes to More4

The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

Stasi Wolf

Categories

cosby

WELCOME TO CRIME FICTION LOVER

Social

Navigation

Recent Comments

Categories