#crime-fiction — Public Fediverse posts
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My, Sayers, my precious 😍 #SundayShelfie
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Hey You, Pretty Face: A Thrilling British Detective Novel "An abandoned baby. Three girls stolen in the night. Two connected cases?" Sale: $3.99 to FREE by Linda Coles Rating: 4.5/5 (2,402 Reviews) #mystery #britishcrime #detective #thriller #books #booksky #crimefiction #suspense #kindle #free
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Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I., the first P.I. Tracy Hayes mystery, is only 0.99 everywhere until the end of month. This doesn't happen often, so grab it while you can!
AZ: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OON
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Interview: Frances Crawford on giving the victim a voice in A BAD, BAD PLACE
Frances Crawford’s debut novel A BAD, BAD PLACE establishes an exciting new talent in Scottish crime fiction. SNACK Mag spoke to Frances to find out more.
https://snackmag.co.uk/interview-frances-crawford-on-giving-the-victim-a-voice-in-a-bad-bad-place
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Edge of the Golden Moon by Ron Morris
A moody, suspenseful noir about stolen money, revolutionary ghosts, and the kind of ambition hell-bent on drinking itself under
The post Edge of the Golden Moon by Ron Morris appeared first on Independent Book Review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2026/05/14/edge-of-the-golden-moon-by-ron-morris/#bookreview #crimefiction #crimenoir #EdgeoftheGoldenMoon #indieauthor
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Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I., the first P.I. Tracy Hayes mystery, is only 0.99 everywhere until the end of month. This doesn't happen often, so grab it while you can!
AZ: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OON
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Josephine Tey – The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel THE DAUGHTER OF TIME is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of crime fiction ever. The Lost Ladies of Lit podcast speaks to Tey’s biographer, Jennifer Morag Henderson, about the double life that allowed Tey to rocket to stardom while also flying under the radar in her home town of Inverness
#Scottish #literature #CrimeFiction #20thcentury #womenwriters #podcast #Inverness
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Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I., the first P.I. Tracy Hayes mystery, is only 0.99 everywhere until the end of month. This doesn't happen often, so grab it while you can!
AZ: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OON
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Upcoming birthday of my fictional character — should I do a giveaway?
May 26th is my fictional character Mercedes Masterson’s birthday. The existence of the character also turns 21 years old, I first wrote her in 2005. I’m trying to think of some fun things to do to celebrate.
It will also be the one year anniversary of the release of Jonah of Olympic, the third story in the series.
Should I do a book giveaway of Jonah of Olympic, ya think? Make a silly dance video? Free desktop and phone wallpapers? A signed paperback bundle giveaway? Other ideas?
As a reader, what would you like? Lemme know in the comments.
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#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a Zoo animal Elephants can Remember: Is it good?
I know, I know: my choice to this #MurderEveryMonday is probably again too obvious, but it also gives me the opportunity to talk about this book. Check Kate’s blog to know more about the hashtag.
Agatha Christie was 82 years old when she wrote Elephants Can Remember. This is the last novel she wrote with Poirot as the detective and it was published in November of 1972. Poirot’s Early Cases (1974) and Curtain (1975), both published afterwords, were written in the 1920s and 1930s, for the short stories, and for the last case of Poirot in the 1940s, the book being kept unpublished in a bank vault.
Even at the time of publication, the book received some less kind reviews, with some pointing out inconsistencies about times and ages, which quite frankly could (and should) have been avoided by the editors and publisher of the book. Still, many today consider this a lesser work, but I find several reasons to like it.
The book starts with Mrs. Ariadne Oliver going to a literary luncheon. Oliver is the alter-ego of Agatha Christie: she likes apples, she is always trying hair styles, writes crime fiction, and complains about her Finn detective, lamenting inventing him, since she doesn’t know anything about Finland. It’s always a delight to have her as a character in a book. In the first chapter, Mrs. Oliver tell us about her problems with making speeches, the questions people always ask her, the letters she receives from her readers, and how she tries to deal with all of this. And I found this a delight because it seems clear we’re given a glimpse of something Christie also struggled with and knew first hand.
At that lunch, a woman asks Mrs. Oliver if she is the godmother of Celia Ravenscroft and after corroboration, the woman continues: “Did her mother kill her father or was it the father who killed the mother?”.
And I still remember, when I first read this book (which is more than I can say for so many other books), I was as puzzled as Mrs. Oliver. I mean, why would it matter if it was the father or the mother? Why would it be so important to know? But this also tell us something about the beliefs and obsessions of the people in the past (in this case, in the 1970s). I think Agatha Christie was more observant than a talkative person, and because of that she noticed things more. And I love her books have these snippets she took from her observations: it can be something she heard someone saying, or it can be something being discussed in a newspaper, some new advance in science, something she remembers her family doing when she was a child, etc.
This is also a book about a murder in the past and deals with the people’s memory (the elephants), sometimes people remember certain things, but not others, or they remember things differently. And it’s Poirot job to make sense of all this.
I didn’t re-read this one for some time now, but I remember liking it. And now that I’ve talked about what I liked about it, I’ll be re-reading it again shortly. So, tell me, did you read Elephants Can Remember? Did you like it or not? And why?
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The Long Drop
5–20 June, Citizens Theatre GlasgowEqual parts psychological thriller & pitch-black comedy… a darkly stylish descent into the heart of a city – & the haunted minds of the men who shape it.
Adapted by Linda McLean from the novel by Denise Mina
https://citz.co.uk/whats-on/the-long-drop/
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #DeniseMina #crimefiction #thriller #Glasgow
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Stolen Family (Detective Josie Quinn #24), by Lisa Regan
#Book #Crime #Mystery #PoliceProcedural #Review #bookstodon #CrimeFiction #BookReview
https://turing.mailstation.de/stolen-family-detective-josie-quinn-24-by-lisa-regan/?fsp_sid=1959 -
The most important rule of leaving the life of crime: don’t go back.
Read The Perfect Scam, Reed Files 1 today.
Universal link: https://books2read.com/u/bp1zkq
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Do you know Tracy Hayes, Brooklyn waitress turned an almost capable P.I.? Read series starter Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I. today!
Universal link: https://books2read.com/u/bw9oOy
AZ: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OONSample chapter: https://www.susannashore.com/apprenticepi.html
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"A" is for Alibi: A Mystery "Kinsey Millhone is an entirely fresh and original character, and I feel sure that the series will go all through the alphabet" Sale: $19 to $1.99 by Sue Grafton Rating: 4.1/5 (15,219 Reviews) #mystery #hardboiled #privateinvestigator #crimefiction #booksky #books
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Buy it today! If you've been living under a rock, you might have missed Tana French's latest. It soars above most contemporary [crime] fiction: books.beledit.com/the-keeper-t... #BookReview #CrimeFiction @[email protected] 💙📚
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#MurderEveryMonday Cover with a series sleuth
For today’s #MurderEvryMonday I decided to start with Miss Marple, here with The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side and A Crime is Announced (a favorite).
Then, we continue with Lord Peter Wimsey (also a favorite). The Portuguese edition being the short story collection Lord Peter Views the Body.
And finally a depiction of Father Brown.
It’s quite interesting to see how characters are depicted in book covers and how/if they differ from our own imagination.
If you want to know more about #MurderEveryMonday check Kate Jackson’s blog, see the next themes, and share your covers using the hashtag.
#AgathaChristie #BookLook #books #ColecçãoVampiro #CrimeFiction #DorothyLSayers #MurderEveryMonday #Policiais #readings -
Wicked Women (D.I. Kim Stone #23), by Angela Marsons
#Book #Crime #Favourite #Mystery #PoliceProcedural #Review #Thriller #bookstodon #CrimeFiction #BookReview
https://turing.mailstation.de/wicked-women-d-i-kim-stone-23-by-angela-marsons/?fsp_sid=1933 -
Are you in a mood for a fun and fast-paced mystery? Read Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I. today.
https://books2read.com/u/bw9oOy
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OONRead a sample:
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📚 Butter by: Asako Yuzuki
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s i...https://bookblabla.com/book/butter
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #literaryfiction #psychologicalfiction #crimefiction #womenfiction
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Waded through this set. The cover isn't the prettiest, but then that's true of the characters too
#reading #CrimeFiction #JimThompson #novel #bookstodon #BookCovers
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Murder! Volume 1 Number 1 printed in 1956
Hosted on The Internet ArchiveIt's funny while posting this I noticed that the cover states that Richard Deming is one of the featured authors, except he is not in this issue
Perhaps the cover went to print before he got his piece submitted, for inclusion in this issue.https://archive.org/details/murder-v-01n-01-1956-09/Murder%20v01n01%20%5B1956-09%5D/mode/1up
#Pulp #CrimeFiction #Reading #ReadingCommunity #InternetArchive
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📚 When the Storm Passes by: Manel Loureiro
In the summer, the Isle of Ons is a vacation paradise. But in the winter, when nature is unpredictable and supply boats are rare, Ons is far less inviting.
Yet the off season is perfect for Roberto Lobeira, who hopes to find peace and inspiration to write his new novel....
https://bookblabla.com/book/when-the-storm-passes
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #thrillers #suspensefiction #crimefiction #psychological