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Written by Doug Johnstone — There’s death lurking in pretty much every crime novel, but it is the heart and soul of this quirky new book by Doug Johnstone. You see, A Dark Matter features the Skelf family, who have latterly turned their hands to a spot of private investigating. But the real bread and

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The first Little Fires Everywhere trailer is here and it looks amazing! Reese Witherspoon, who as you know loves a literary adaptation, is starring in the Hulu original series, along with Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Megan Stott, and Lexi Underwood. Based on the best-selling novel by Celeste Ng, it’s the riveting story of family, secrets,

Written by Catherine Steadman — You’d think appearing in Downton Abbey would be enough to occupy actress Catherine Steadman’s time, but last year her debut crime novel, Something in the Water, was published. It demonstrated that she’s also an author with a few tricks up her sleeve. Now she’s back with another standalone, and I’m

If you’re a SFF fan whose 2020 To Be Read pile is looking a little bare, we’ve got the perfect giveaway for you. Thanks to our friends at Tor.com Publishing, we’ve got a prize pack containing 28 – yes, 28! – releases from 2019 to give away to one lucky Book Riot reader. To enter

On the Radar — This week our On the Radar new crime fiction column gets going with a creepy thriller about child snatching by CJ Tudor. We’ve also got two totally different World War II novels, an atmospheric family secrets thriller set on the Hebrides and a serial killer from Liverpool who ends up in

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Written by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts — At the heart of The Aosawa Murders is a puzzle – who could have poisoned 17 people at a gathering at a house belonging to the Aosawa family, and who could have had a motive to murder the family of a prominent local doctor and all

Sponsored by Kaiyo Books – the young adult adventure trilogy. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett for $1.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by

Sponsored by A People’s History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian, new in paperback from Algonquin Books. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson for $2.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below. A Map

There was fantastic news for the crime fiction community at the end of 2019 when the London-based author Dreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE. She’s now one of the Queen’s trusted knights, a Member of the British Empire, recognised for her services to literature alongside her work with young people and prisoners. A CWA

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Written by Tom Bradby — With a plot that would have seemed far-fetched just a few years ago, Tom Bradby’s latest political thriller feels like it could have been ripped from the headlines. Deception, betrayal and the ethical vulnerability that compromise Western political leaders are here turned into a gripping, all-too-believable tale. Bradby’s protagonist Kate

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On the Radar — We hope you had a good holiday season, and wish you a Happy New Year here at Crime Fiction Lover. Apologies for the service outage in our news department over Christmas, but we aim to hit the ground running and gunning in 2020, and for our first report of the year

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Written by Tim Dorsey — ‘“Don’t shoot guns into the hurricane.” Elsewhere this would go without saying, but Floridians need to be told.’ So begins Tim Dorsey’s comic crime novel Naked Came the Florida Man. If you live in the United States, you know that ‘Yesterday, a Florida man…’ is the signal that a report

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Sponsored by Workman Publishing. In 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress. Her commitment to speaking truth to power and her ability to shape the national conversation have made her one of the most fascinating political figures of our times. The new book AOC: Fighter, Phenom, Changemaker recounts how

Written by David Young — Stasi Winter is the fifth novel in the Stasi series featuring Karin Müller of the People’s Police in East Germany. It is 1978 and the country is enduring a notoriously cold winter. Müller is the single mother of young twins, sharing their care with her grandmother. She is hoping to

The bestselling confessional memoirist Elizabeth Wurtzel died Tuesday from complications following metastatic breast cancer. She was 52. Her husband, Jim Freed, told the Washington Post that the cause of death was “complications from leptomeningeal disease, which occurs when cancer spreads to the cerebrospinal fluid.” In 2015, she wrote about her cancer diagnosis for Vice: “So

Written by Leigh Russell — The series featuring DS Geraldine Steel has reached book 13, which is anything but unlucky for Leigh Russell fans. This British author has sold more than a million copies of her books and shows no sign of letting up – in fact, in a recent interview with Crime Fiction Lover

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Sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, a reading log for tracking your books and reading outside your comfort zone! These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande for $3.99. Get it

Written by Mads Peder Norbo, translated by Charlotte Barlsund — Matthew Cave is a journalist who returned to the small town of Nuuk, West Greenland, after the death of his wife and young daughter in a car accident. The Girl Without Skin was a fine, if graphic, debut from Norbo. Cold Fear picks up where

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Written by Lucy Malleson — This is a first for me on Crime Fiction Lover – the chance to review an autobiography by a Golden Age author. Never heard of Lucy Malleson? Then how about Anthony Gilbert? Because they’re one and the same person. ‘Anthony Gilbert’ was the author of more than 60 crime novels,