Crime Fiction Lover

Police investigations were something Damien Boyd became very familiar with during his 25-year career as a solicitor, which included a spell working for the Crown Prosecution Service. A crime fiction lover just like us, he began writing as a hobby and before long had begun…

For readers of crime fiction, Keigo Higashino was much more than the bestselling author of The Devotion of Suspect X. He was a writer who transformed expectations of what a detective novel could be: a master of intricate plotting, psychological insight and devastating emotional revelations….

Whodunnit. It’s a word we use to describe mystery novels. It’s also a question. However, the Hungarian author Daniel Laz approaches things slightly differently. In his Frankie Voss Investigations series the question isn’t ‘who did it?’ but ‘what does the evidence actually tell us?’ Then,…

If you’re the kind of reader who likes to become totally immersed in a book, Ellery Lloyd’s new time-travel crime thriller Time to Burn could be just what you’re waiting for. Crime Fiction Lover reviews have jumped into other future-oriented techno-thrillers, teetering on the edge…

Translated by George Goulding and Sarah de Senarclens — Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell has had a substantial influence on us here at Crime Fiction Lover and his death in 2015 left a glaring gap in the crime fiction landscape. We were thrilled by the…

Plenty of crime novels poke affectionate fun at the genre, but few manage it so well as Graham and the Flitchcombe Murders. David Fairer’s first cosy crime novel is simultaneously an engaging village mystery, a sharp satire of modern publishing and an insightful meditation on…