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Crime fiction improv hits Melbourne

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If you’re in Melbourne, Australia in mid-September, it’d be a crime not to catch up with the city’s Fringe Festival, which this year includes Murder Village, an improve entertainment act who will be creating original whodunits throughout a week-long engagement. This comedic murder mystery will…
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It Begins in Betrayal

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Written by Iona Whishaw — If you’re after historical crime with a strong backbone but also an air of genteel cosiness about it, then the Lane Winslow series by Iona Whishaw is just right for you. This is a series set in post-war British Columbia, Canada,…
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Minced, Marinated and Murdered

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Written by Vanessa Barrot and Noël Balen, translated by Anne Trager — France and fine cuisine go hand in hand, and who better to introduce us to its delights than Noël Balen, co-author of the Winemaker Detective series? You can read how Noël and his wife…
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Requiem in Yquem

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Written by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noel Balen, translated by Sally Pane — The Winemaker Detective Series seems to be one of the most popular offerings from independent publisher Le French Book, which translates a wide range of French crime fiction, from eco-thrillers to police procedurals and…
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CIS: The Mitford Murders

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Written by Jessica Fellowes — It’s 12 January 1920. Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of the famous Florence Nightingale, boards a train. She settles herself, and the train starts to move. But as they leave the station and head towards another we are told that this…
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Passport to Murder

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Written by Mary Angela — One perenially popular subsection of the American cosy crime fiction bookshelf is the campus novel. This may be because so many readers have an association with college or plan to study at some point. There’s plenty of potential for a…
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