Crime Fiction
Murders for December
A cornucopia of killings for the Christmas season
Dark obsessions of the Demon Dog
Love Me Fierce in Danger reads as a book for fans, inured to the World of Ellroy
Murders for March
A sinister start to the spring
The salvation of crime fiction
In praise of delectably dark escapism
Murders for September
Past and future killings
Maine attraction
There is better crime fiction being written
Tales of helping and helplessness
This selection of new fiction is marked by both novelty and tradition
Murders for late December
Not all is grim and gloom in the British Library’s Tales of the Weird series
Murders for late November
From Shakespeare to Agatha Christie, crime novels invoke the genre’s heritage, sometimes ably and sometimes not
Murders for late October
Professor Jeremy Black rounds up the best autumnal reads that are successful in grounding a sense of place