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#KillerFest15 line-up

The KillerFest15 Crime Fiction line-up   Not registered to receive the full virtual programme yet? You still can here (for free)  Or why not check out the live events in Waterstones bookshops around the country AGATHA CHRISTIE – Exclusive cover reveal on Kill Reads… Read More

#KillerFest15 Programme

#KILLERFEST15 VIRTUAL PROGRAMME Not registered yet? You still can here (for free)  Friday 13th March: Twitter 2.00pm: ERIN KELLY – Live chat with author of the Broadchurch books on KillerReads Twitter feed 2.30pm: #askkillerreads – Ask the Killer Reads team anything. On… Read More

Weekend Reads: Top New Thrillers Out Today!

Another exciting Thursday for us here at KillerReads and the Harper Fiction Marketing team! We have some stellar titles releasing today, and you might just have stumbled upon your new read for the weekend. In no particular order (our books are our children–we love them equally!), here’s the run down… Read More

Killer Crime Festival 2015

WATERSTONES AND HARPERCOLLINS JOIN FORCES FOR A LITERARY FESTIVAL FIRST We’ve been keeping this a secret for a while but now we can finally share the news with you! KillerReads (that’s us!) and Waterstones are hosting the first Killer Crime Festival–the only combined virtual and traditional literary… Read More

COVER REVEAL: THE LAKE by Sheena Lambert.

Today we unveil the gorgeous cover of Sheena Lambert’s The Lake, a soon to be released title from our new Killer Reads imprint. September 1975. A body is discovered in the receding waters of a manmade lake, and for Peggy Casey, 23-year-old landlady… Read More

Top Crime & Thriller Out This Week.

First and foremost–hope you all are having a fantastic Valentine’s Day, whether you are spending it with loved ones or curled up with a book (or both!). Tell Tale – Mark Sennen If you’re looking for new read to pick up this weekend, we’ve had some great titles release this week. Read More

Autumn TV preview: Luke Delaney on why he loves Peaky Blinders

Tonight is the first episode of series two of Peaky Blinders, and the Killer Reads team are pretty excited for it. Great characters, a bit of violence, a bit of hopeless love, a few explosions, a lot of shady operations – what’s not to like? But we’re not the only… Read More

Join the Killer Reads book club!

We are very excited to announce that in October we’ll be kicking off the first ever Killer Reads book club chat on Goodreads! Sign up to take part here. We’ll be kicking the chat off with Michael Marshall’s The Intruders, which is about to… Read More

Join the Killer Reads book club!

We are very excited to announce that in October we’ll be kicking off the first ever Killer Reads book club chat on Goodreads! Sign up to take part here. We’ll be kicking the chat off with Michael Marshall’s The Intruders, which is about to… Read More

A Spy Novelist in Russia

Earlier this month, author Charles Cumming was invited on a trip to Russia, organized by the British Council, as part of the 2014 ‘UK-Russia Year of Culture’ programme. They stayed in Moscow and Tarusa, visiting some absolutely incredible places – Tolstoy’s house at Yasnaya Polyana, Chekov’s country estate,… Read More

Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2014 – shortlists announced!

It’s that time of year again Killer Readers… the time when the masters of intrigue, suspense, and murders most horrid are honoured in The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, in association with the Crime Writers’ Association! The shortlists have officially been announced and there has been a flurry of… Read More

Opening day for submissions is HERE!

It’s finally here! Today is the day the open submission for our new digital first publishing imprint opens! Here at Killer Reads we’re very excited to find out what’s going to land in our inbox between now and 14th September when the submission period ends. In the meantime, here are… Read More