Meet the author: Jean Thesquare crimefictionlover.com/2026/0… ...and step into the Sultryverse they've created

The UK weather has turned in a big way so it’s time to settle in with a gripping mystery and Heleyne @hhammersley66 is ready to take you to Yorkshire for her latest police procedural. DI Kate Fletcher returns from six months leave to land the case of a dead swimmer, but part of the challenge is what’s changed while she’s been away. New people, new attitudes and nobody feels comfortable – but the case needs to be solved. However, soon it’s not just one murder they’re dealing with. The race is on because it looks like the killer could strike again. Invisible, book six in the series, arrived last month and is on special this week – 99p on #Kindle. Find out more here: mybook.to/vDgJm

New on the site: We talk to thriller author @terryrbacon about his new book, Storm Damage, where your protagonist is a blues saxophonist. There's lots of action in store, and in this interview a fascinating parallel is drawn between investigating a crime and jazz improv. crimefictionlover.com/2026/1…

Our former contributor @ZacharyColbert has launched Dead Ringer Press, an online magazine championing new voices in crime fiction. You can check it out here: deadringerpress.com

🥳🎉Happy publication day to Chris Dolley – his new novel The Last Hostage is out now!👏📚 Chris is a New York Times bestselling author for a book about how he solved the theft of his identity, which took place across four European countries. And he’s also a sci-fi and fantasy author. But he’s been writing crime fiction for years as well and this is his second novel about the enigmatic detective DI Shand who is given an assignment to catch a gang of kidnappers who are always one step ahead of the law and who take their ransoms in gold bullion. Where others have failed, can Shand succeed? He enters a battle of wits with the kidnappers, and a battle of wills with his employers, becoming the relentless force driving the story on. Chances are you won’t put it down until you’re done. Kindle link.amazon/B06TTtIq9 Paperback link.amazon/B08FNwd6U

First look: The Fresh Cut by Antti Tuomainen crimefictionlover.com/2026/0… Black humour, a gripping crime thriller with a touching character-led story as well. One to check out...

Short, sharp fun for October with Warm Bodies by John Marrs crimefictionlover.com/2026/1… This is a great little read for Halloween week (is that a thing?)

👀Get ready if you love an entertaining crime thriller because tomorrow sees the release of The Last Hostage by Chris Dolley. Book two in the DCI Shand series sees a notorious gang of kidnappers abducting people and demanding huge ransoms in the Southwest of England… and getting away with it. How? By changing their MO every time and leaving no clues. Wessex Police are so desperate they decide to bring a little chaos to play because maybe their loosest of loose cannons, Peter Shand, can break the pattern. Or, he could just make things worse… Find out which when The Last Hostage goes on sale tomorrow: Kindle link.amazon/B06TTtIq9 Paperback link.amazon/B08FNwd6U #ad

🎃Ohh, it's Halloween this week.🕸️ Here are our top ten crime novels for the spooky season - crimefictionlover.com/2026/1…

🎉🍾Congratulations to indie crime author Heleyne @hhammersley66 on the release of Invisible – the sixth novel in her DI Kate Fletcher series.👏📢 On the banks of the River Don in South Yorkshire, the body of a swimmer has washed up and it’s Kate’s first case since the horrendous ordeal she faced in Shattered. Kate hasn’t been away long, yet so much has changed in her department, and things get even trickier when a second body is found… Is there an invisible killer stalking Thorpe and its environs? Invisible is out now in print and it’s 99p on #Kindle this week! Grab it here: mybook.to/vDgJm

The next Harry Bosch novel takes us back to the beginning. It's one of six books in our news roundup this week - crimefictionlover.com/2026/1…

Watch the Quiet Snow by Mick Herron reviewed crimefictionlover.com/2026/1…

🖤❤️🖤Folks, the Crime Fiction Lover Awards are your awards - you nominate your favourite books of 2026, and then you vote on the shortlists when they're read. Nominations are open until 4 Nov so don't delay. Here's the form: tinyurl.com/yc59k7pb

We’re not great with investment tips here at Crime Fiction Lover, but we do love to showcase new crime authors and this week we’ve been talking about @vincethompson and his first thriller, The Lockup Period. Here’s an author who knows where the bodies are buried in Silicon Valley, so to speak, writing about a tech startup that indeed involves a dead body. One found in the apartment of a CEO on the evening of his IPO. Their venture capital investor Ravi Singh will not let his one chance of landing a unicorn go lightly. Advisory share holder (also a pizza cook) Mario Kennedy NEEDS this launch to finally land on the tech scene in the valley. If they can keep news about the body buried for the 90-day lockup period maybe they’ll all be rich. But you know what journalists are like in the valley, not to mention the police might be interested… It’s a fast, fun, twisty satirical caper, and it came out yesterday. Try it here: link.amazon/B0alSaVZ6

Slow Horses season six has just finished. Where next, you ask? Well, @BaskervilleJMP has just released a marvellous collection of five Slough House novellas in the form of Watch the Quiet Snow. Here's all you need to know: crimefictionlover.com/2026/1… Review by @chrisconnor96

This week and last at Crime Fiction Lover we’ve been introducing readers to Aleksander Szeser, the brand-new indie crime author based in Poland. His first novel, Dissonance, came out on 1 October and it’s brimming with cinematic action from the start. This is one of those stories where one of the main characters isn’t who they seem – with an extraordinary past, and some extraordinary skills. But Kira wants ordinary, not extraordinary. Trouble is, she might have to fight for it. This one reminded me of Harlan Coben’s superb thrillers in the 1990s, where a huge personal secret explodes and carries everyone away with it. Find out more about Dissonance here: link.amazon/B040N9KAX