A Swedish crime novel that’s not Nordic noir? There aren’t many and Katarina Bivald’s The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die Quietly proves that Golden Age-style mysteries can work just as well on cold, dark, ...

When an 80-year-old woman falls from a cliff on a remote Swedish island, Berit Gardner and DCI Ian Ahmed suspect murder in ...

In his new historical crime novel, Through Many Dangers, Texas author Thomas Goodman has taken the skeleton of a true story and, from it, created a cast of fully fleshed-out fictional characters. His ...

Former Detroit cop Kurt Argento is living in Barton, South Dakota, and trying to put the traumas of his previous life behind him in Dark Country by Adam Plantinga – out on 27 October. He’s working as ...

For most people, what you feel at Christmastime and what you feel when there’s been a murder lie at the opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. Perhaps here at Crime Fiction Lover we’re not quite ...

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards are back. We apologise for not running them last year – this was due to serious health issues for Crime Fiction Lover – but we’re proud to present the awards again in ...

He’s a screenwriter, a filmmaker and he’s written about economics and philosophy too. Now, the Polish author Aleksander Szeser has released his first crime novel, Dissonance. It’s a thriller that ...

This week's new crime books including Lee and Andrew Child, Louise Penny, Karen Millie-James, Paul Burke, Vince Thompson and ...

Halloween and crime fiction are a devilishly good pairing. When the nights draw in, the leaves start to fall and the shadows seem just a little longer than usual, there’s something joyful about ...

Quant is back! It’s been nearly 15 years since Russell Quant, the private detective created by Canadian author Anthony Bidulka last appeared on the page. That was in Dos Equis, which had an Oceans 11 ...

Let the glorious Ninth Symphony ring out (choral version, please) because the BBC’s superb cosy crime show, Ludwig, has returned for a second season. Back in 2024, the first season had us hooked and ...