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Meet the author: Shane Peacock

21 October, 2025

As colder winds start to blow, now’s the time to cosy up in your most comfortable chair and grab a crime novel that takes you away to a chilling location. Out in North America last month and landing now in the UK and Europe, Shane…

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Scottish crime author Andrew Raymond reads from The Bonnie Dead

By crimefictionlover

30 July, 2025

Here’s something special we lined up for crime fiction lovers. We asked the Glasgow-based crime author Andrew Raymond to read a passage for you from The Bonnie Dead, the first in his DCI Lomond series of police procedurals. If you like a dark mystery with…

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The Bonnie Dead by Andrew Raymond

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

1 July, 2025

Glasgow author Andrew Raymond is well-known for his political and spy thrillers, but The Bonnie Dead is his first venture into the crime genre – a police procedural set in his home city. You’ll find it has all the things we love about Tartan noir…

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Win a signed copy of RAGDOLL by Daniel Cole

By crimefictionlover

20 June, 2025

We got very excited when the crime show Ragdoll arrived on iPlayer last week – so much so that we ordered in a copy to give away as the prize in our Saturday draw on 21 June 2025. When Daniel Cole got wind of our…

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Meet the author: Heidi Field

By crimefictionlover

18 June, 2025

We know you love to discover new crime authors, and Heidi Field is one to watch out for if you enjoy a good serial killer mystery. On 25 June 2025, her first novel – The Other Boy – comes out via Tule Publishing, and it…

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Serial killer thriller Ragdoll comes to BBC iPlayer

By crimefictionlover

17 June, 2025

If you’re a UK-based lover of serial killer investigations, head to the BBC iPlayer where you can now watch Ragdoll. The programme is instantly fascinating to us here on Crime Fiction Lover as it’s based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Cole….

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Creepy Crawly by Andrew Lowe

By DeathBecomesHer

9 June, 2025

Meet DI Jake Sawyer. He’s a tad different from your average British copper and as we first meet him he’s enduring a crowded train journey from London to Sheffield. As they speed through the flatlands of Bedfordshire, passengers are studiously ignoring a bit of a…

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Red Tide by Irma Venter

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

9 June, 2025

Translated by Karin Schimke — Renowned South African crime author Irma Venter plunges readers into the arid expanse of the Great Karoo where the little town of Carnavon harbours old grudges, secrets and an unsolved murder that took place three years back. The plot revolves…

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Meet the author: Shane Peacock

Scottish crime author Andrew Raymond reads from The Bonnie Dead

The Bonnie Dead by Andrew Raymond

Win a signed copy of RAGDOLL by Daniel Cole

Meet the author: Heidi Field

Serial killer thriller Ragdoll comes to BBC iPlayer

Creepy Crawly by Andrew Lowe

Red Tide by Irma Venter

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