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  • Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher
  • From Cosy Mysteries to AI-Era Satire: The Best New Australian Books to Curl Up With This August
  • 4 Crime Novels, and a Bonus Pick

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crimefictionlover.com /3 weeks ago

Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher

At the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival held in Harrogate last month, I was lucky enough to get time to sit down and have a good old chinwag with a man described as Australia’...

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concreteplayground.com /2 weeks ago

From Cosy Mysteries to AI-Era Satire: The Best New Australian Books to Curl Up With This August

A time-travelling news agency, fables about digital dystopias, the grief of losing a best friend and more.

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49thshelf.com /2 weeks ago

4 Crime Novels, and a Bonus Pick

The Queen of Florida is a wickedly entertaining romp featuring retired widow June who delves into the deep underbelly of paradise—Boca—to get everything she knows she deserves. In...

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crimefictionlover.com /4 weeks ago

Interview: Garry Disher

He’s known as Australia’s King of Crime, and in 2026 has made his first appearance on stage at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate. After writing 60 book...

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thebigthrill.org /1 day ago

Sanctuary

A thief finds she cannot outrun her past in this standalone thriller from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.

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crimereads.com /1 day ago

7 Crime Novels That Feature Outsiders Who Challenge the Status Quo

One of the most delicious parts of crime fiction is that it’s loaded with tension. Our desire to know what will happen next in a story keeps us racing through the pages. We gather...

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crimefictionlover.com /2 weeks ago

On the Radar: Scratching the surface

Judging by the amount of submissions we receive for news and reviews, crime fiction is doing very well indeed. They say people are reading less… well they’re not reading less crime...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

Harrogate 2026: The crime of the century

Before The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival made the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate its home, the place was famous for another reason: It was where Agatha Christie retrea...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

On the radar: Pure, original crime fiction

Every so often, we have a week where all the authors whose new novels are included here in our news column are brand new to us. That could be because their books are debuts, but of...

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crimereads.com /1 week ago

5 Novels That Explore and Expand the Possibilities of Women’s Crime Fiction

The day my editor asked me to write a Women’s Fiction series I immediately said, Yes! Followed by, what’s Women’s Fiction? Isn’t all fiction Women’s Fiction? I mean, I read everyth...

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flickeringmyth.com /1 month ago

Australian crime thriller Pure Scum gets a trailer and poster

Read the original post on Flickering Myth here: Australian crime thriller Pure Scum gets a trailer and poster Chroma has shared a trailer, poster and images for the Australian crim...

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futurism.com /1 month ago

The Real Victims of the AI Surveillance Panopticon? Crime Fiction Writers

You have to get creative, and technical, to write a whodunnit in an age where cameras blanket every corner of the country. The post The Real Victims of the AI Surveillance Panoptic...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

Six of the hottest crime reads for Summer 2026

We’ve been at it with the old camcorder again… or the 2026 equivalent, which is a camera about the size of a mouse. But it’s produced yet another big video, which we’ve posted on o...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 month ago

On the Radar: Soldiers, squirrels, hoteliers and more…

We’re back with more new crime novel releases including two books set in Scotland and one in Iceland, which makes me think that perhaps Tartan noir and Scandinavian crime fiction a...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of August 2026

There’s a lot of heavy hitters coming out this August, all of which are impossible oneself away from (I should know). Below, you’ll find the following: new series installments from...

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independent.ie /1 month ago

Mayo coastline is the rugged backdrop in Jane Casey’s cliff-hanging cat-and-mouse tale Everything She Didn’t Say

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criminalelement.com /1 month ago

Stranger than Crime Fiction: The Real-Life Murders at the Manor

I only found out I was living down the road from a notorious “murder mansion” six months after we’d moved into our cottage in rural Shropshire in 2015. I can’t remember exactly how...

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columbian.com /3 weeks ago

11 crime, mystery, detective novels in translation to read

There’s no mystery here: We all love a good detective novel.

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newsroom.co.nz /1 month ago

Book of the Week: The secret life of bogans

The year's most exciting thriller is set in a bogan territor...

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crimereads.com /2 weeks ago

The Best Crimey Short Story Collections in Recent Years

I love a short story! And as a new mom, short stories are kind of all I can read right now. I love Jonathan Ames, and I just moved through The Double Life Is Twice as Good. And now...

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crimereads.com /1 week ago

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of The Month: September 2026

September brings a host of quiet suspense, complex mysteries, and shocking thrillers, as we finish up summer and enter the long lead-up to the season of horror. Below, you’ll find...

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thespinoff.co.nz /1 month ago

The crime we consume and the victims we forget

The true crime genre of entertainment is hugely popular and lucrative. Forensic scientist Ruben Miller shares a reminder of the families still living those stories. The other day I...

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brisbanetimes.com.au /1 month ago

This shocking true-crime British drama is harrowing, but deserves to be seen

This story of London’s black cab rapist reveals the institutional failures of a misogynistic police force.

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crimefictionlover.com /1 week ago

An Uncommonly Festive Fiasco by Hannah Hendy

Christmas and crime go together like port and stilton. Turkey and stuffing. Sprouts and a cracked window. Indeed, snowbound country houses, mysterious deaths beneath the mistletoe...

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