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On the Radar: Death runs in the blood...

5 June, 2026

Part of our mission, and something that really excites us, is to spread the word about new authors – writers for you to discover who are bringing their own unique voices to the genre. So this is a special week here in On the Radar…

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June 2026 is the UK's National Crime Reading month

By Erin Britton

21 May, 2026

Nine murders. One seemingly impossible disappearance. Nineteen burglaries. An adrenalin-fuelled car chase and an impressively grand theft. Plenty of domestic drama. A taste of pie-based controversy. Not a bad tally so far for May’s crime spree on CFL… but can you do any better? Before…

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FDR Drive by James Comey

By Paul Burke

3 June, 2025

The former director of the FBI turned author was sacked by Donald Trump in 2017 and was recently interviewed by the Secret Service in an ongoing feud with the man now back in the White House. Writing legal thrillers is probably a welcome escape from…

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Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 March, 2025

Hannah Deitch’s debut, Killer Potential, is one of those stories that sneaks up on you and before too many pages have turned has its claws in you good and solid. The story is a first-person narrative in the voice of Evie Gordon, a 20-something whose…

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Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow

By Vicki Weisfeld

27 February, 2025

No doubt many crime fiction readers have eagerly anticipated Presumed Guilty, Scott Turow’s new legal thriller. I know I looked forward to seeing what his character, Rusty Sabich, is up to, now that he’s in his 70s. Rusty, you may recall, was the protagonist of…

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Harrogate 2024 Report: Crime fiction is HOT this summer

By DeathBecomesHer

21 July, 2024

Sub-tropical temperatures brought fans of both kinds out in force at this year’s record-breaking Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2024 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, which ran from Thursday 18 July to Sunday 21 July. On Friday morning and early afternoon, savvy publishers were handing…

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Crime book of the year 2023 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

23 November, 2023

Have you voted in the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 yet? If not, perhaps today’s the day to make your picks. Here we look at the six books on our Book of the Year shortlist and one of the comments we keep hearing is: “It’s…

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The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 – vote for your winners

By crimefictionlover

9 November, 2023

For the third year in a row, we’re running the Crime Fiction Lover Awards, where readers get to nominate and vote on the winners. Based on the nominations we received, below we reveal the shortlists for 2023. It’s time to vote! We’d like to say…

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On the Radar: Death runs in the blood...

June 2026 is the UK's National Crime Reading month

FDR Drive by James Comey

Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch

Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow

Harrogate 2024 Report: Crime fiction is HOT this summer

Crime book of the year 2023 shortlist

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 – vote for your winners

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