drugs

When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

By RoughJustice

17 August, 2020

When These Mountains Burn is a rural noir crime novel set in the Appalachian Mountain communities that have been forgotten and left behind by urban America. The area has been ravaged by heroin, synthetic opioids and crystal meth. It’s a brutal, pitiless story, told in…

Kindle Print Reviews

How To Be Nowhere by Tim MacGabhann

By Vicki Weisfeld

29 July, 2020

Fasten your seatbelts for a fast-paced and bumpy trip through the Central America jungle – and I’m not talking about the plant life – in Tim MacGabhann’s spirited new thriller. It’s a follow up to his 2019 hit debut, Call Him Mine, which Ian Rankin…

Kindle Print Reviews

The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 July, 2020

Avoiding the beach this summer? Missing sand and surf? Claire Matturro’s crime thriller set on Florida’s Gulf Coast will take you there. You can soak up the atmosphere while her protagonist, Kate Garcia, gets into some mighty deep waters. Kate has a boyfriend who wants…

Features

Swedish crime show Before We Die returns for season 2

By crimefictionlover

25 February, 2020

Back in 2017, the Swedish crime show Before We Die made its UK debut with subtitles on Channel 4. It was a big hit with Crime Fiction Lover readers, who will be pleased to know that the intense, Stockholm-based cop show is returning to Channel…

Kindle Print Reviews

Passport to Death

By Vicki Weisfeld

3 February, 2020

Written by Yigal Zur, translated by Sara Kitai — This thriller, recently translated into English, begins in Tel Aviv, with former Israeli security operative Dotan Naor presented with a new case. He and his business partner have made something of a specialty of locating Israelis…

iBook Kindle Print Reviews

The Boy in the Headlights by Samuel Bjork

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

15 November, 2019

Translated by Charlotte Barslund — Mia Krüger and Holger Munch are back in a much anticipated third instalment of Samuel Bjork’s riveting crime series set in Oslo, Norway. Munch headed the prestigious Special Unit in Mariboesgate for just over 10 years and managed to put…

iBook Kindle Print Reviews

The Night Fire by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

23 October, 2019

Just this summer, we took at look at the Harry Bosch series. Harry first appeared back in 1992 in The Black Echo and here he is, still going strong, in book 22. Actually, ‘strong’ may be a little optimistic. After all the guy is pushing…

Print Reviews

The Godmother

By RoughJustice

8 October, 2019

Written by Hannelore Cayre, translated by Stephanie Smee — This fantastic novel, first published in France only two years ago, has already won the European Crime Fiction Prize and the Grand Prix de Literature Policiere. Isabelle Huppert will star in the film adaptation coming next…

Crime Fiction Lover

When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

How To Be Nowhere by Tim MacGabhann

The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro

Swedish crime show Before We Die returns for season 2

Passport to Death

The Boy in the Headlights by Samuel Bjork

The Night Fire by Michael Connelly

The Godmother

Navigation

Recent Comments

The complete guide to the Ruth Galloway series

10 crime shows that time forgot

On the Radar: One more gig in Fun City

Welsh crime drama The Light in the Hall returns

Five great crime novels set in Asia

Categories