Crime Fiction Lover
Top 10: Your favourite crime books
It’s always interesting to see which books are doing well in the charts. Amazon has its charts and the publishing industry has regular sales updates. Here at Crime Fiction Lover we measure how popular books are by using our website traffic figures and looking at which reviews people are visiting. Yes, we are running a[...]
An MMA fighter, a mafia frat house, and a small town murder mystery
The books on our radar this week take us across the pond for something of an American road trip which includes a sports mystery and a dodgy college fraternity, before heading down to Virginia for a small town murder. We round things off with some secrets and lies that are bound to have explosive consequences[...]
Mickey Spillane and the lost Hammer novel
In May 2012, Titan Books are set to release a book that should have Mickey Spillane fans queuing around the block. Lady, Go Die was originally intended to be the second Mike Hammer novel after I, The Jury, but due to a twist of fate it was never actually finished. Nearly 70 years have passed and[...]
Japanese crime, Mexican cartels, terrorists and… meteorology?
What do you get when you cross a meteorological mystery with a Mexican cartel, domestic terrorists and a Japanese thief? It’s none other than this week’s On the Radar column, which picks up a diverse array of new crime fiction and thriller books that positively demand a little attention. Operation Seeding by Michael Andrisano A[...]
Crime festival & compo: Bloody Scotland
If you’re 18 you’re old enough to drink whiskey here in the UK, and you also qualify to enter the Glengoyne Short Story Writing Competition which is being run in conjunction with a new crime fiction festival called Bloody Scotland. It will be Scotland’s first international event of this type, and although it’s being held[...]
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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 when the film version of Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters hits the[...]
Faber and Stylist crime writing competition
Are you a budding crime author looking for that big break? Stylist magazine has teamed up with publishing house Faber and Faber to launch their Crime Fiction Competition and first prize is to get your first novel published along with a £5000 advance. To enter you need to send in the first 6000 words of[...]
The English monster, a Saudi sheik and a mess in Mexico
This week’s On the Radar takes in two new releases that we were introduced to at a blogger event hosted by Simon & Schuster last week, and a trio of new releases in the ebook market. So why not put the kettle on and let us give you a brief glimpse into some of the[...]
Twitter mystery: Executive Severance
With blogs, Twitter and SMS texting, the literary landscape has literally changed. You’ll see flash fiction blog posts, nano fiction in the form of tweets, and text dialogue including snappy witticisms such ‘WTF im bord LOL’. Author and media expert Robert K Blechman has been experimenting with the Twitter format, and the outcome of his[...]
Kerry Wilkinson lands Pan Macmillan deal
The top selling Kindle and iBook crime fiction author Kerry Wilkinson has just signed a three book deal with the international publishing house Pan Macmillan. This follows on from the tremendous success of his novels Locked In, Vigilante and The Woman in Black which have rarely been outside the top 10 in Amazon UK’s Crime,[...]
Ishmael Toffee, a dead Boer and much more…
On the radar – Welcome to our first look this week at what’s new and coming soon. After a glorious few days of unusually warm sunny weather we’re now back into jumpers and scarves, so we thought a trip back into the sunshine might be in order, and it’s certainly a mixed bag of treats.[...]
We are on Goodreads, and more news…
Apologies, it’s been quiet in terms of reviews and features for the last couple of days. More are in progress, we promise. And, plenty has been going on behind the scenes too. We want more people to be able to find our book reviews, interviews and articles from the world of crime fiction so we’ve[...]
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