Lady in the Lake
Written by Laura Lippman — Here’s an author who has garnered a legion of fans over the years – including Stephen King, who has reviewed…
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Back to Poe land
On the Radar — The Baltimore area was home to one of the first great crime fiction authors in the form of Edgar Allan Poe,…
Sunburn
Written by Laura Lippman — As well as her Tess Monaghan series of detective books, Baltimore-based crime author Laura Lippman also writes incredible standalone crime…
It’s not Easy, but it’s out this week
On the Radar — The coming week sees the launch of top US author Walter Mosley’s latest detective novel, and the surprise here is that…
The most wanted crime books of 2018
How was your year of crime fiction in 2017? For us here on Crime Fiction Lover it was a varied experience. It was a great…
Road trip! The best of American Noir
Few people know quite as much about crime fiction as the British author and journalist Barry Forshaw. He’s read more books, interviewed more writers, and…
Wilde Lake
Written by Laura Lippman — With a cabinet full of writing awards, and a bookshelf full of bestsellers, Laura Lippman is one of America’s top crime…
Andre: Top five books of 2015
This was a year when the big hitters came good. Laura Lippman, Stephen King and Ian Rankin all make my top five, and other famous…
Hush Hush
Laura Lippman‘s Tess Monaghan books have taken a back seat to her standalone writing in recent years, but thankfully the ‘accidental detective’ is back in Hush…
Interview: Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman began her crime-writing career while working as a journalist, including 12 years at the Baltimore Sun (which also employed David Simon, creator of…
Hush Hush
Written by Laura Lippman — If you hadn’t been paying attention, it would be easy enough to miss the fact that Laura Lippman has written a…
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…
Death Can’t Take a Joke
On the Radar — This week our new books column brings you novellas, short stories and novels from writers across the spectrum of crime fiction.…
Questions are being asked
On the Radar — We’ll start this week with Laura Lippman’s latest release in which old crimes are unravelled after four decades when, finally, someone…
Bibliomysteries: Short, sweet, and by top crime authors
Looking for a crime story, but don’t want to commit to another 600-page novel? Well, MyseriousPress.com has come up with something it’s calling Bibliomysteries –…
Crime school rings its bell
New York’s Crime Fiction Academy – part of the Center for Fiction in the city – is enrolling students for its Fall 2012 semester and…