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This Week’s International Bestselling Crime

Looking for a read that will take you a step further out of your country or cultural comfort zone? Let’s talk international crime. Topping the Amazon charts at the moment is The Hangman’s Daughter from German television screenwriter Oliver Pötzsch, Younger by Suzanne Munshower–a self-proclaimed returned expat, and Venice-residing American Donna Leon’s Falling in Love: A… Read More

Happy Publication Day Greg Iles, Alex Barclay, Stuart MacBride, & Mark Sanderson!

Four fabulous new titles out this Thursday. The electrifying second installment of the NATCHEZ BURNING trilogy by No.1 New York Times bestseller, Greg Iles — THE BONE TREE comes out today in the UK and Australia. US friends, you don’t have much longer to wait. The book comes… Read More

#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