World Book Night: 25 great crime reads
Well, it’s Shakespeare’s birthday and 23 April has also been designated World Book Night. While we think the charitable effort – distributing a million free books to people less fortunate – is commendable, when we looked at this year’s WBN list we couldn’t help but…
Available Dark
Written by Elizabeth Hand — This is the second Cass Neary thriller, following on from Generation Loss. Not having read that book didn’t prevent me in any way from enjoying this latest one. Cass Neary exists on the edge of society. She received critical acclaim…
Jo Nesbo update: Headhunters & Phantom
You know that some of us here at Crime Fiction Lover can’t go for long without watching a show in Danish, Swedish or Norwegian… albeit with subtitles. So on our list of things to do will be a visit to the cinema on 6 April…
Those Who Kill... a preview
It’s Danish. That’s enough for quite a few crime fiction lovers out there. So when ITV3 airs Those Who Kill at 10pm tomorrow night (23 February) we reckon plenty of people who read our site will be tuning in. We’re fans of The Killing and…
Nights of Awe
Written by Harri Nykanen — With more than 30 published novels under his belt, Nights of Awe is the latest offering from Finnish crime journalist turned crime writer, Harri Nykanen, who has recently signed with Bitter Lemon Press. But it’s only the second of his books…
Mercy
Mercy unfolds like a police procedural but has an urgent, thrilling edge to it thanks to Adler-Olsen’s great storytelling. He sets up cliff-hangers with poise, pulling you on through the chapters even though for long periods detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad are investigating…