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Meet the author: Oliver Johnson

26 February, 2026

A few of us here at Crime Fiction Lover are a little envious of the experiences new crime author Oliver Johnson has had. He’s worked in bookselling with Waterstones, and in publishing as a commissioning editor. Can you imagine critting the likes of John Grisham,…

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Jana: Marked for Life – new Swedish crime drama on BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

5 June, 2024

Child assassins, human trafficking and buried memories are just a handful of the themes that come to the fore in Jana: Marked for Life, the new Swedish crime series that arrives on BBC Four in the UK starting Saturday 8 June, 2024. Lovers of Nordic…

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The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

4 April, 2024

A new Stuart Turton novel is always met with great anticipation and high expectations. The author, who frequently draws inspiration from Golden Age crime fiction, is undoubtedly skilled at crafting original mysteries. In his latest high-concept thriller he creates an entirely fictitious and post-apocalyptic setting…

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Far Out by Khaled Talib

By Dave Bradley

9 January, 2024

There’s a grand tradition of Saturday afternoon action TV. The 1970s and 80s treated us to high-concept episodic crime capers in sun-kissed locations, all car chases and shout-outs, every mystery solved with a seemingly endless supply of ammunition and helicopters. The Fall Guy. Magnum PI….

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Red River Seven by AJ Ryan

By RoughJustice

10 October, 2023

Anthony Ryan is a successful fantasy author, cleaving more towards the ‘grimdark” style of Joe Abercrombie and George RR Martin. For Red River Seven he has switched styles and written near-future dystopian novel that crosses into action thriller territory. Seven strangers wake up in a…

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After Everything You Did by Stephanie Sowden

By DeathBecomesHer

19 April, 2022

Crime fiction land is awash with whodunnits, but whydunnits are a little thinner on the ground. Time to swell those sparse ranks with this gripping and original debut novel by Manchester author Stephanie Sowden. The setting couldn’t be much further away from Sowden’s home city…

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I Know What I Saw by Imran Mahmood

By Catherine Turnbull

5 July, 2021

Xander Shute was a high-flying, wealthy banker – white, Oxbridge educated and privileged. But when I Know What I Saw opens, he’s been living rough on the streets of London for decades. As Xander tells us his story we learn much about him in the first…

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Murder, Forgotten by Deb Richardson-Moore

By DeathBecomesHer

25 September, 2020

Julianna Burke is a successful crime writer, loved by readers the world over. Her books sell and sell, with each new release eagerly awaited by fans. She and her husband Connor are very much in love and enjoy a charmed life, with homes in South…

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Meet the author: Oliver Johnson

Jana: Marked for Life – new Swedish crime drama on BBC Four

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

Far Out by Khaled Talib

Red River Seven by AJ Ryan

After Everything You Did by Stephanie Sowden

I Know What I Saw by Imran Mahmood

Murder, Forgotten by Deb Richardson-Moore

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