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Looking for something to take on holiday with you this summer? Try one of these brilliant crime bundles!… Read More

Madeleine Reiss is the winner of The People’s Novelist competition, which was judged live on ITV’s Alan Titchmarsh Show, and she was praised by the judges for her ‘ability to make you turn the page’. Her debut novel, Someone to Watch Over Me, is both haunting and compelling, and… Read More

We have something a bit different to share with you today. Nathan Filer’s The Shock of the Fall isn’t a crime novel, but is still a very tense and suspenseful read. As SJ Watson (author of Before I Go to Sleep) said, it’s: ‘A stunning novel. Ambitious… Read More

Hannah: Which book would I save from a burning building? Easy, The Fire Witness by Lars Kepler, and no, that isn’t just me trying to be clever. This is a book I eagerly anticipated a year in advance of it even being written, let alone translated, so… Read More

                                            Sadly for us, this month we are losing Killer Reads member Hannah. But luckily for you, we’re celebrating with a competition! To enter, simply tell us who… Read More

She closed her eyes and he was gone – who is watching him now? When Carrie’s five-year old son, Charlie, disappeared on a Norfolk beach, her world was destroyed. Now, three years on, her marriage crushed by grief and the uncertainty around Charlie’s fate, Carrie keeps herself distracted by running a… Read More

  We loved Anya's book, Where the Devil Can't Go, and from the Amazon reviews - so did you! We caught up with her to find out a little more about it... Why did you decide to set the book within the Polish community of London? I’d wanted to write a crime novel for years but was struggling for a way to make it leap out of crime shelves already crowded with London-based police procedurals and thrillers. The light bulb moment came when my (Polish) husband suggested creating a Polish private eye working among London’s Polish community – many of whom live in my part of London, the East End. Setting my PI on collision course with a female police detective over the murder of a Polish girl she’s investigating gave me potential for conflict and a chance to gain an insight through her into the Poles’ mindset, rich culture, and turbulent recent history. Have any members of the Polish community read the book, and if so what did they think? Lots of them! And not just friends and family. As I’m English that was a bit scary. They’ve been kind enough to say that I’ve captured something of the Polish spirit: an intriguing combination of small ‘c’ conservative values with an anti-authoritarian streak which I think comes from a constant struggle against invaders and foreign occupation. One Polish reader review cited a ‘brilliant insight into the Polish mentality and the subtle differences between the generations of immigrants’ – which I was absolutely thrilled by. Read More

I’m often asked where I get my inspiration from, and the truth is that I honestly don’t know. When it comes to thrillers, it can only stem from my own experiences as a copper, but also my fascination with the modern urban jungle – especially when viewed through rain, dirt and dereliction (the way I always perceive it) – as one of the most perilous backdrops against which to imagine high octane adventures.   But I’m well aware that I live in a curious place when it comes to writing. In addition to thrillers, I’ve also written horror, occasionally even diverting into sci-fi, fantasy and historical adventure.   So where does all that fit into the picture? Well, it’s a question I can’t answer easily. Read More

© Toby Madden We’re giving you the chance to meet Charles Cumming, author of A Foreign Country, the thriller of the year. To win one of two pairs of tickets to his latest event in which he discusses the myths and realities surrounding the secret service,… Read More

Breaking news from the Killer Reads team! Cold Killing has been optioned for a multi-part TV drama by none other than Carnival Film and Television, the award-winning production company behind Downton Abbey, Whitechapel and Any Human Heart. We’ve had a fantastic response… Read More

Goodreads Book Giveaway Someone to Watch Over Me by Madeleine Reiss Giveaway ends May 10, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Madeleine Reiss is the winner of The People’s Novelist competition… Read More

“These people have plotted and schemed, lived and died, loved and lost, and suddenly they have gone, out into the wide world, leaving me alone with a silence I’ve not experienced since I began writing my thriller trilogy…”       As The Tower is released, Simon… Read More