Crime Fiction

Crime Fiction Releases to Look Forward to This Year

Thriller writer E.A. Aymar recommends new and upcoming 2024 crime fiction releases you won't want to miss! Amid the constant chaos and uncertainty of publishing – layoffs, AI-generated work, feverish book bans – I feel oddly optimistic to be a writer nowadays. Publishing, of course, always seems to be on…

E.A. AymarFebruary 6, 2024

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Riveting Prohibition-Era Noir Novels Reprinted in Classic Crime Editions

John Florio’s stunning novel Sugar Pop Moon (Open Road Media) was a welcome addition to the noir canon of literature when it debuted in 2013. The following year, Blind Moon Alley, the second in what were called “The Jersey Leo mysteries” was published but didn’t receive quite the notice they…

Linda HitchcockDecember 16, 2022

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An Honest Man’s World is Turned Upside-Down with an International Tell-All in This Enticing Suspense Thriller

What’s better than an espionage thriller spanning the world stage of finance and global geopolitics? How about one with a central protagonist who is not a CIA-Military-Superhero type, but simply an honest every-man who rises to the occasion? And to make this story even better, KGB Banker (Milford House Press)…

Mark E GreeneSeptember 7, 2022

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Con Jobs and Falling Bodies in “Fake Money, Blue Smoke”

“So, I have a business proposition for you.” The speaker in Josh Haven’s Fake Money, Blue Smoke (Mysterious Press) is Kelly Haggerty, and she’s just picked up a man named Matt Kubelsky from the Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institution in upstate New York. Matt’s been in there for killing an unarmed…

Neil NyrenNovember 28, 2022

Thrillers

“The Girl Who Wasn’t There:” A Story of Redemption With Crime Noir Flare

Not everything is as it seems. At least that’s what author Vincent Zandri would have us believe in his latest thriller. With a plot that’s both daring and complex, The Girl Who Wasn’t There (Oceanview), will keep you guessing long after the initial disappearing act. Lake Placid may not be…

Krista BegganJune 30, 2020

Miscellany

Whodunit? These Brash publishers solve the mystery of the great crime thriller

Two authors-turned-book publishers are poised to shock mystery fans the world over when Brash Books, a company specializing in mysteries, police procedurals, thrillers and spy novels launches in September. Lee Goldberg The company is the brainchild of Lee Goldberg, a writer and producer of many successful television series and the…

Michael RuscoeSeptember 2, 2014

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College Students Plan Chinese Art Heists in Portrait of a Thief

“Li invites readers along for a ride in the crew’s roving getaway car, promising breathtaking vistas and, more importantly, a reckoning with colonial legacies that have long lingered in the shadows.” —Boston Globe “A cinematic heist thriller with a social conscience … vivid and precisely crafted.” —BookPage “Portrait of a…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 2, 2022

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Creator of Hit Netflix Series “Marcella” Ensnares Readers in a Web of Secrets, Assassins and Drug Deals

When Cry Wolf (Hannover Square Press) opens, we meet Hannah Wester, a policewoman in remote Haparanda, Sweden, just as she’s being plunged into utter chaos. The discovery of a dead wolf, whose last meal was a human, sets off a chain of events involving a drug deal turned blood…

Lydia LefevreDecember 28, 2021

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Rick Cahill Seeks His “Last Redemption” in Riveting Return Novel

In his latest Rick Cahill novel, Last Redemption (Oceanview Publishing), author Matt Coyle takes his former-California-cop-turned-private-investigator on another crime fiction adventure filled with lies, mystery and murder. Maybe even his own. When Rick’s long-time partner and friend Moira MacFarlane calls him for help with her son, Rick can’t say no.…

Krista BegganNovember 30, 2021

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Max Tomlinson’s Latest Novel May Be a “Bad Scene” But It’s Good News for Thriller Fans

Book 3 in Max Tomlinson’s rapid-fire Colleen Hayes Mystery series, Bad Scene (Oceanview Publishing), can stand on its own feet, but that doesn’t mean that the characters don’t get knocked around. The prologue sets us in the Amazon Rainforest … and, apparently, in an alarming cult that Colleen’s daughter Pamela…

Judy MorenoAugust 3, 2021

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Small-Town Case Forces Big-City Cop to Confront Haunting Past in “City Problems”

Rural detective Ed Runyon looks like Heath Ledger and lives in a trailer overlooking a pretty lake in the Ohio countryside. But he’s uneasy. Runyon had bolted from the NYPD after a runaway teen case fell through the cracks and turned into a gruesome murder. Now, he investigates tractor theft,…

Sharon GeltnerJuly 6, 2021

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Join the Pursuit of a Globe-Hopping Serial Killer in David Temple’s “The Impostor”

In author David Temple’s newest police procedural, The Impostor (82 Mercer Publishing), book two in his series featuring Hollywood Detective Pat Norelli, the search for a serial killer becomes a global hunt for a man Norelli no longer recognizes but vows to take down. Dubbed “The Poser” because he poses…

K.L. RomoJuly 1, 2021

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“Gumshoe in the Dark” Serves Its Hardboiled P.I. With a Side of Snark

Fans of detective stories love a good murder mystery. But besides the whodunnit chase, USA Today bestselling author Rob Leininger provides a story filled with witty banter and snarky conversation in his newest novel, Gumshoe in the Dark (Oceanview Publishing), book five in the Mortimer Angel “Gumshoe” detective series. Forty-three-year-old…

K.L. RomoJune 1, 2021

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“A Shepherd of Wolves” Depicts A Fictional Murder With Convincing Realism

In a small town in rural America, a quiet boy who likes to draw evolves into a tortured man with an irresistible urge to kill and maim, while another, bullied and abandoned, chooses to become a detective. Author R.J. King doesn’t try to explain why one child becomes a monster…

Sherri DaleyApril 20, 2021

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“Double Vision” Packs a Punch With Amnesiac Detective

Looking for hair-raising excitement with a bit of a mysterious twist? Hamelin Bird’s debut novel Double Vision (Piper House) packs a dark punch and may be the perfect next read for horror-thriller junkies. Bird balances relatable characters and the time-tested trope of the detective story with elements of the supernatural…

Paige VigliaroloMarch 11, 2021

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Tana French’s Standalone Stunner Follows Chicago Cop’s Search for Missing Irish Teen

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/TheSearcher.jpg "Taught, chiseled and propulsive." — Vogue "Crime fiction fans won't want to miss this one." — Publishers Weekly "A slow-burn stunner that will keep readers turning the pages late into the night." — Library Journal —∞— Old habits die hard. Especially if you’re a middle-aged ex-cop from Chicago who’s specialized…

Jodé MillmanOctober 6, 2020

Crime Fiction Releases to Look Forward to This Year

An Honest Man’s World is Turned Upside-Down with an International Tell-All in This Enticing Suspense Thriller

“The Girl Who Wasn’t There:” A Story of Redemption With Crime Noir Flare

Whodunit? These Brash publishers solve the mystery of the great crime thriller

College Students Plan Chinese Art Heists in Portrait of a Thief

Creator of Hit Netflix Series “Marcella” Ensnares Readers in a Web of Secrets, Assassins and Drug Deals

Rick Cahill Seeks His “Last Redemption” in Riveting Return Novel

Max Tomlinson’s Latest Novel May Be a “Bad Scene” But It’s Good News for Thriller Fans

Small-Town Case Forces Big-City Cop to Confront Haunting Past in “City Problems”

Join the Pursuit of a Globe-Hopping Serial Killer in David Temple’s “The Impostor”

“Gumshoe in the Dark” Serves Its Hardboiled P.I. With a Side of Snark

“Double Vision” Packs a Punch With Amnesiac Detective

Tana French’s Standalone Stunner Follows Chicago Cop’s Search for Missing Irish Teen

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