First look: Ten Year Stretch
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Alive in Shape and Color
Edited by Lawrence Block — That wily fox of Manhattan crime writing Lawrence Block has been weaving his Matthew Scudder stories for over 40 years…
Murder on Christmas Eve
Edited by Cecily Gayford — Following Murder Under the Christmas Tree last year, this is the second collection of mysteries for the festive season produced…
CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour
Edited by Martin Edwards — If you are planning a virtual escape to far-off lands over Christmas, this is a great collection of adventurous short stories to…
NTN: Discover your new favourite crime author
Whether you read a few books a year or several a week, your reading time is precious. Review sites like Crime Fiction Lover have become…
First look: Alive in Shape and Color
We’ll be honest. Short stories don’t often set the place on fire here at Crime Fiction Lover. Most readers are more interested in novels and…
A Spot of Folly: Ten and a Quarter New Tales of Murder and Mayhem
Written by Ruth Rendell — These previously uncollected or new short stories are a masterclass in how to deliver psychological suspense in domestic settings and an…
The Allingham Casebook
Written by Margery Allingham — Writing a short story is like packing for a low cost holiday. When you’ve got a limit on how much…
Busted! Arresting Stories from the Beat
Edited by Verena Rose, Harriette Sackler and Shawn Reilly Simmons — This is a crime fiction anthology written by or featuring law enforcement professionals, mostly…
In Sunlight or In Shadow
Lawrence Block edited this collection of 17 stories that are all inspired, based on or riff off the paintings of the great Edward Hopper. Block makes…
In Sunlight or In Shadow
Edited by Lawrence Block — What an interesting concept for a crime short story anthology. In Sunlight or In Shadows includes 17 tales, each by a…
Sunshine Noir
Edited by Annamaria Alfieri and Michael Stanley — Sunshine Noir is a new collection from the editorial team of Annamaria Alfieri and Michael Stanley. The…
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries
Edited by Martin Edwards — The British Library has done crime readers a huge service with its revival of lost or forgotten Golden Age novels in…
Little Tales of Misogyny
Written by Patricia Highsmith — The title of Patricia Highsmith’s story collection, reissued this month by Virago, remains highly provocative even 40 years after it first…
Death Sentences
Edited by Otto Penzler — While crime fiction may be the biggest seller by genre, the dedicated crime bookshop has become an endangered species. In his…
The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro
Written by Edogawa Rampo, translated by William Varteresian — Edogawa Rampo was the pen name of Taro Hirai, a Japanese author active from 1923 until his…