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Jessie Keane on Amelia Hill

Amelia Hill recently caused a stir with her decisive article on critic/author Jessica Mann’s comments about the “sadistic misogyny” in contemporary crime fiction. Jessie Keane, whose fictional novels depict the gritty goings-on of East London (run by Bad-Girl-with-a-Good-Heart, Annie Carter), shares her thoughts. Read More

James Twining Launch Night

Last night, the elegance of the 9 Adam Street Members Club saw the official launch for The Geneva Deception, the fantastic new art-crime thriller from James Twining. With warm and funny speeches from Twining’s editor, Wayne Brookes, as well as the author himself, a surge of interest was mustered… Read More

The Geneva Deception

Mafia, a secret society and the world’s greatest treasures all converge in James Twining’s all new jaw–dropping thriller featuring reformed art thief Tom Kirk Read More

The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards

Last night saw the second outing for ITV 3’s Crime Thriller Awards, this year sponsored by Specsavers. The big winner on the night was Harlan Coben who took away the audience award of ITV3 viewers favourite crime genre author. Coben beat the likes of household favourites Dick… Read More

Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes

Best known for his blockbusting techno-thrillers, next month sees the posthumous publication of Michael Crichton’s last completed novel Pirate Latitudes.   Found after the prolific author’s death last year it’s unlike anything he’s written before. To give you an idea of what you can expect here’s the specially commissioned trailer,… Read More

October Newsletter Round Up

For those of you not signed up for the Killer Reads newsletter – all you need to do is go to Win and enter the your details to receive our montly catch-up and you might also be lucky enough to win the selection of top titles we’re… Read More

Exclusive Pretty Little Things Extract

Jilliane Hoffman is due to publish her much anticipated 4th novel Pretty Little Things in February 2010.  A new standalone thriller it introduces us to Special Agent Bobby Dees.  An officer whose own daughter is currently missing, Dees gets called onto the case of the recently dissapeared Elaine Emerson and seems to be… Read More

Terry Goodkind's The Law of Nines

A few of you may have scratched your head when you saw Terry Goodkind up here. An international bestseller Goodkind is revered around the world, for his epic fantasty novels, not his thrillers – yet.  This September saw the publication of  his first mainstream thriller novel The Law of Nines which has gained… Read More

The Law of Nines

Experience another side to acclaimed urban fanatasy writer Terry Goodkind with his first mainstream thriller The Law of Nines Read More

Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks

A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's 73 recently discovered notebooks, including illustrations, deleted extracts, and two unpublished Poirot stories. Read More

Coming up….

Now that Sinister Summer is over, the team here at Killer Reads are planning on bringing you a plethora of quality crime to sink your teeth into now that it’s getting that little bit darker outside. First up,  we’ll be celebrating the fantastic Faye Kellerman as she publishes Blindman’s Bluff… Read More

Agatha Christie Festival

Crime writers are peculiar creatures. At the recent and totally wonderful Harrogate Crime Writing Festival (I’ve already booked for next year), author Mark Billingham said that if you wanted to see blood on the carpet, go to a Romance Writers Convention. Crime writers seem to be the sweety-pies of the… Read More