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  • 4 Crime Novels, and a Bonus Pick
  • 7 Crime Novels That Feature Outsiders Who Challenge the Status Quo
  • Interview: Nicole Lundrigan

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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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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 /1 month ago

Interview: Nicole Lundrigan

“If you expect me to read it, you better put a murder in it.” This is what Canadian author Nicole Lundrigan’s mother told her, when she said she was going to write a novel. Like al...

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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 /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

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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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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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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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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mspmag.com /1 week ago

William Kent Krueger and the Noir of the North

The writer has been on a 30-year murder spree—imaginative and imaginary, but oh so successful. Better get up to speed with his work now, because it’s all going Hollywood soon.

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crimereads.com /4 weeks ago

Why Kevin Wade Chose to Write Crime Novels Set in the North Shore of Long Island

I have written two novels, Johnny Careless and One Good Eye. They share two main things in common; both revolve around the adventures of a small-town Chief of Police named Jeep Mul...

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crimefictionlover.com /3 weeks ago

On the Radar – He’s called Linwood ‘Twisty Thriller’ Barclay

Apparently the Canadian crime fiction author Linwood Barclay has been given the enviable nickname of ‘Twisty Thriller’, which is well earned. (I wonder if that’s his porn star name...

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crimefictionlover.com /2 weeks ago

The Queen of Florida by Jeff Bercuson

Canadian author Jeff Bercuson’s debut, The Queen of Florida, will appeal to those who enjoy their noir gritty. June, the central character is an intriguing flawed protagonist. She...

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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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crimefictionlover.com /2 weeks ago

Interview: James B Petrie

I have to admit, seeing the words ‘Licensed Private Investigator’ followed by a badge number did send a shiver of excitement down my spine when James B Petrie emailed us about his...

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toronto.citynews.ca /1 month ago

National crime rates and crime severity both fell in 2025: StatCan

Statistics Canada says both the crime rate and the severity of crimes decreased in 2025. The agency says Canada’s crime severity index dropped five per cent last year for the secon...

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thebigthrill.org /1 month ago

Clean Slate

A crime scene cleaner is on the trail of a serial killer in a breathtaking novel of psychological suspense

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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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toronto.citynews.ca /1 month ago

Falling crime numbers raise questions about Ottawa’s tough-on-crime bills

OTTAWA — One advocate says new statistics indicating crime has dropped almost everywhere in Canada show the Liberal government’s three tough-on-crime bills were not based on facts.

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

Crime Classics, Back in Print: A Roundup of (Summer) Reissues

Here are 14 of the best books to be reissued this summer, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. * Yukito Ayatsuji, The Clock House Murders Translated by Ho-Ling Wong (Pushkin Vert...

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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 day ago

Not a Word by Linwood Barclay

In his latest novel, Canadian author Linwood Barclay shows he knows the power of an explosive opening. Dropping us straight in to the action, Reece Chartwell is being interviewed b...

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

6 of the Most Polarizing Mystery and Crime Books Ever Written

Whether due to controversial endings and characterizations to dark subject matter, these are some of the most polarizing mysteries ever writtten.

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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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