Historical crime fiction

Estella's Fury by Barbara Havelocke

By Paul Burke

1 December, 2025

Not only are the works of Charles Dickens rich in atmosphere, they’re full of unusual characters that beg further exploration. PLEASE, SIR, CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE? Barbara Havelocke is an author who has heeded the call — and then some. Estella’s Fury follows on…

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Interview: Abir Mukherjee

By crimefictionlover

29 October, 2025

Abir Mukherjee is an author whose career we’ve followed for a long time here at Crime Fiction Lover – going back to 2014 when he won the Telegraph Harvill Secker Writing Prize. The piece he submitted became A Rising Man, the first novel in the…

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The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson

By Erin Britton

24 September, 2025

Christmas Eve, 1943. Bored and depressed at spending the War working in a Birmingham munitions factory, Anthony Pratt looks forward to finishing his nightshift and then travelling with wife Elva to the Tudor Close Hotel in Rottingdean, a village outside Brighton. Before World War II,…

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The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper

By Dave Bradley

22 September, 2025

The crime at the heart of The Creeping Hand Murder, from the You Are the Detective series, is the exact opposite of a locked-room mystery. The deed takes place in a drawing room full of people. Many characters had opportunity, means and motive, with the…

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Death on the Brahmaputra: the ideal cruise for crime fiction lovers

By crimefictionlover

17 September, 2025

Case closed. We were looking for the perfect holiday for crime fiction lovers, and we think we’ve found it. Death on the Brahmaputra sets off on its sophomore voyage starting 16 January 2026 for 12 days of exquisite food, outstanding views, relaxation and luxury as…

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Moscow Underground by Catherine Merridale

By crimefictionlover

11 September, 2025

Like Kiev and Prague, Moscow’s history stretches deep into the medieval period. At its centre is the Kremlin. Originally a fortress, it has protected not just Russia’s ruling elite but also some of its great institutions and churches over the centuries. And like so many…

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The Silent Ones by Anna McPartlin

By DeathBecomesHer

9 September, 2025

1980 was a mere 45 years ago but my, how things have changed! It was a time without tech – no mobile phones or internet. And over in Ireland, women were still expected to give up their jobs once they got married, while unmarried mothers…

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Murder at the Black Cat Cafe by Seishi Yokomizo

By Erin Britton

8 September, 2025

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk — Murder at the Black Cat Cafe serves up two sinisterly cerebral cases cracked by Kosuke Kindaichi, Seishi Yokomizo’s sublime series detective. While the motive, means and opportunity differ quite considerably, the nefariousness at the heart of both novellas is firmly…

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Estella's Fury by Barbara Havelocke

Interview: Abir Mukherjee

The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson

The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper

Death on the Brahmaputra: the ideal cruise for crime fiction lovers

Moscow Underground by Catherine Merridale

The Silent Ones by Anna McPartlin

Murder at the Black Cat Cafe by Seishi Yokomizo

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