What's a Little Murder Amongst Friends?

A group devoted to crime fiction, including international crime fiction (no matter which country you are reading this from).

What's your current favorite crime novel (you can have more than one- I do!)

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Red Mandarin Dress: An Inspector Chen Novel (Inspector Chen Cao) by Qiu Xiaolong

Red Mandarin Dress: An Inspector Chen Novel (Inspector Chen Cao) by Qiu Xiaolong

Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police De more...2 points

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Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum

Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum

Don't Look Back heralds the arrival of an exotic n more...1 point

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The Mission Song by John le Carre

The Mission Song by John le Carre

OK, wrong genre, but it is a must read! "Grip more...1 point

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featured lens Hard Case Crime Paperback Series

A series of  paperbacks with cool old style pulp covers and new and old hard boiled crime novels.  This series is includes authors such as Ed McBain, Stephen King, Donald Westlake, Cornell Woolrich and many others

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I'm a librarian and a mystery writer, so I guess it's not a surprise that I'm fascinated by books and reading. Here I hope to collect some interesting stuff on the book publishing industry, the place books and reading holds in our culture, popular li...

featured lens Ellis Peters

I am a big fan of her books! I own most of them and return them again and again for entertainment and escape. I especially love the Brother Cadfael series. I have always loved history and mystery and this delightful series offers both in fast-paced...

featured lens Brother Cadfael Chronicles

Brother Cadfael is a fictional character. He is the hero of Ellis Peter's medieval mystery series The Brother Cadfael Chronicles. He is an intriguing character with a long history as a Crusader and Welsh soldier before landing as Benedictine monk in...

What is your favorite crime fiction blog? Add your choice and vote!

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Crime Down Under

Australian crime fiction1 point

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Crime Books I've Recommeded at Powells Bookstore

Many of my favorite books, old and new.1 point

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Euro Crime

Crime on the continent!1 point

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Black Crime Fiction: An Introduction

You don't want to miss this!1 point

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It's a Crime! (or a mystery...)

For UK crime fiction - discover some new authors, more...1 point

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Carnival of the Criminal Minds

A rotating site with lots of great blogs highlight more...1 point

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CrimeSpot.net

CrimeSpot.net rounds up the latest crime fiction b more...1 point

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The Rap Sheet: It s All in the Briefs, Ma am

The Rap Sheet is always on the lookout for informa more...1 point

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Detectives Beyond Borders: A Forum for International Crime Fiction

Peter Rozovosky on international crime fiction: an more...1 point

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featured lens Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen is one of my favorite authors.  He creates memorable, off beat  characters and puts them in the most delightful circumstances.  Well, 'delightful' if those circumstances aren't happening to you!  The worlds that Carl...

featured lens crime fiction

Book reviews of crime fiction from around the world are provided along with recommended books and a few author interviews. Crime fiction from or about Australia, Norway, Sweden, China, USA, Mexico, Spain, Italy, France, England, Germany and more.

featured lens Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky is an influential crime novelist best known for her heroine V.I. Warshawski, a Chicago private investigator. She has earned enormous respect from her peers and has been awarded the coveted Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement from th...

featured lens Patricia Cornwell: The Original Crime Scene Investigation Expert

When Patricia Cornwell introduced Postmortem in 1990, she launched one of the most eagerly anticipated series in the history of crime fiction. She is best known for creating the chief medical examiner character, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, popular well before...

featured lens Tony Hillerman - Novelist of the Southwest

The Four Corners area (where Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico borders connect) forms the main setting for most of Tony Hillerman's novels. His stories show a deep understanding of Native American cultures--those of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and...

What is your favorite Crime Novel (or Related ) Book Review you have read or written?

Let's get a top 25 list!

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The Ultimate Good Luck by Richard Ford- A review

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featured lens Crime Novelist Faye Kellerman

Besides being a mother of four, including Jesse Kellerman, the playwright, she is also the wife of another incredible author, Jonathan Kellerman. What a talented family! Faye Kellerman began her career as a dentist but turned to writing after the bi...

featured lens I Love A Mystery

Use this lens to explore books, authors, dramas, and anything else that seems to fit under the label "mysterious". Checkout the "Lens Content" list on the right for everything mystery from author's sites to writing the mystery. Rec...

featured lens Inspector Rebus Audio Books

The "last" Inspector Rebus novel by world wide bestseller Ian Rankin on audio book.

featured lens Hardcore Noir

Hardboiled fiction is a literary style cultivated in the 1920s and '30s in pulp magazines such as Thrilling Detective and Black Mask by writers such as Dashell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Their protagonists epitomized the hardboiled anti-hero of th...

featured lens Robert Crais

Robert is known primarily for his Series of Elvis Cole (yep, named after the King) novels, which are listed in order below. The series first introduces us to Elvis in Monkey's Raincoat, a wisecracking detective who always seems to do the right thing...

What is your favorite crime fiction classic (any definition)?

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The Moonstone (Modern Library Classics) by Wilkie Collins

The Moonstone (Modern Library Classics) by Wilkie Collins

"The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes more...1 point

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