Thrilled to be writing my first-ever horror novel for Ed Schlesinger and Gallery Books! THE MOONLIGHT CHILDREN blends elements from some of my favorite horror novels - from Dracula to Salem's Lot to Certain Dark Things and Devil House. It's about coming home and not liking what you find. Stay tuned!

It’s a pleasure to announce 12 #Scandinavian #crimefiction #books 📚 longlisted for #PetronaAward25 #Norway 🇳🇴 #Sweden 🇸🇪 #Iceland #Finland 🇫🇮 @ravencrime.bsky.social @westwords.bsky.social @eurocrime.bsky.social @corylusbooks.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social nordiclighthouse.blog/2025/08/14/p...

The longlist for 2025's Petrona Award is announced today. If you've ever wondered where to start with Nordic Noir, you can't go wrong with any of these. #PetronaAward #Scandinoir #NordicNoir westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/o...

One for Afrikaans readers who enjoy closed-circle mysteries, a lot of soapy drama & sex. Writer and movie critic Leon van Nierop's Die Volmaakte Moord can be described as a maritime murder romp. Available this month. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/die-vol...

'Stella hasn’t lost her fire, despite being a little softer around the edges. #MurderTide contains enough twists and complex plotlines to keep even the most seasoned Nordic Noir reader entertained' @westwords.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/m...

The Women's Prize for Fiction has celebrated 429 female authors, supported 10K early-career writers, donated 3000 books annually to women in need and reached 16M in the Women’s Prize community since its creation in 1996. Read about the shortlist and winner: www.thepublishingpost.com/post/women-s...

#fivestarflashback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #BookReview: The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean @hodderbooks.bsky.social #TheLastThingtoBurn #damppebbles ➡️ buff.ly/4Ger4hC #whattoread #bookish #BookSky #skybrarians #bookrecs #bookrecommendation

#StellaBlomkvist is back, and today it's my turn to tell you what she's been up to. @corylusbooks.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @stellablomkvist.bsky.social westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/m...

This one's out next week...Stella is a bit special. I still don't know who the author behind the mysterious Stella Blómkvist is. Wrote this when the first Stella translation was published – and I'm still none the wiser! graskeggur.com/stella-and-me/

Today on the blog #Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson translated by @graskeggur.bsky.social and published by @corylusbooks.bsky.social Scandi-Noir fans will love this. Two broken, outcast cops' unorthodox search for a missing girl. Gritty with dark humour. peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/b...

Your weekend listening is here - Jón Atli Jónasson is our guest this week, to talk about his novel Broken, and football gets a mention! shows.acast.com/the-hobcast-... @corylusbooks.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social #podcast

Tomorrow a new #blogtour begins to celebrate publication of Stella Blómkvist’s latest novel #MurderTide in English, translated from #Icelandic 🇮🇸 by @graskeggur.bsky.social 😎 Poster designed by @westwords.bsky.social 🌟 @corylusbooks.bsky.social @marinasofia.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social

Youthful vigour. Fear of aging. Lust. Something hot is cooking on a Turkish island in Yiğit Karaahmet's captivating debut. Summerhouse - new on our site today crimefictionlover.com/2025/06/summ... Review by @westwords.bsky.social Published by @sohopress.bsky.social

In case you missed it this morning: A new Nordic Noir set in Reykjavik out today! @corylusbooks.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social #JonAtliJonasson

If you haven't read Irma Venter's crime novels yet lucky you! Red Tide is available in the UK and US for the first time. Published by @catalystpress.bsky.social #IrmaVenter

Today sees the release of an original, new Nordic Noir. Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson is a breath of fresh air, with a female protagonist who will undoubtedly become readers' favourite. westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/b... @corylusbooks.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social #JonAtliJonasson

Red Tide by Irma Venter reviewed crimefictionlover.com/2025/06/red-... It's great to have more South African crime fiction on the site and I think this is the first investigation that's taken us into the Great Karoo desert. It's a bit like SA's Outback. review by @westwords.bsky.social

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I get to read Jon Atli Jonasson's first novel translated into English next month and I designed the ads for the campaign. Have I mentioned that I love my job? Keep an eye out for the blog tour coming up! @corylusbooks.bsky.social

💥Wow! White King might just be the most explosive book in @juangomezjurado.com's Red Queen trilogy! 🇪🇸 Read our review here: crimefictionlover.com/2025/03/whit... #Action #Spain #crimefiction Review by @westwords.bsky.social

I've experienced an enormous amount of ignorant hatred towards South Africa and its people on social media thanks to Musk. Instead of trying to convince people who have never been to South Africa, don't know its history or its people, I'm taking a break from BlueSky, Threads & X indefinitely.

‘A two-part reading list whose aim is to empower or provide solace - whatever your need. In troubled times, books can be a lifeline’ from @kathall.bsky.social 📚 @eurocrime.bsky.social @westwords.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social mrspeabodyinvestigates.com/2025/01/20/a...

A new book review for you today... 🇨🇦 Buried Road by Katie Tallo sees investigator Gus searching for her missing partner, Howard, on the shores of Lake Ontario crimefictionlover.com/2025/01/buri... He was an journalist looking into a big new wind farm... review by @westwords.bsky.social

Huldumann deftly combines the meticulous detective and closed circle setting of a classic golden mystery with the moody, tangible atmosphere and strong sense of place of a Nordic Noir. westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/t...

Nolan’s skilled writing transports to a bygone era, depicting London’s filthier boroughs and their inhabitants: the criminals and those living on the margins of society. westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2024/12/18/w... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @dominicnolan.bsky.social #WhiteCity

Feel like a trip to the Alps? crimefictionlover.com/category/rev... @panmacmillan.bsky.social

It's very sad that "Island of Lies" which, as @westwords.bsky.social wrote, "reminded me why I fell in love with #NordicNoir in the first place", hasn't found a #publisher. If you work in #publishing, I'll bet @chrisould.bsky.social would be glad to send you this book. It's out-of-this-world good.

The Island of Lies reminded me why I fell in love with Nordic Noir in the first place. westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/t... @chrisould.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social #IslandOfLies #OHuldumann

Happy release day to @alexsegura.bsky.social for ALTER EGO! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

From tomorrow people who know their crime fiction will share their thoughts about The Island Of Lies @graskeggur.bsky.social @wildwritinglife.bsky.social @westwords.bsky.social @brownflopsy.bsky.social @onefootiniceland.bsky.social @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social @angryalgonquin.bsky.social

🌞It's time to grab a little Australian heat with Shelley Burr's second novel, Murder Town! 🇦🇺 crimefictionlover.com/2024/11/murd... Review by @sandramangan.bsky.social #Australia #CrimeFiction #mystery #serialkiller

It's Iceland Noir time so, to celebrate,we're dropping the ebook prices on 3 Icelandic authors: Shrouded by Solveig Palsdottir, The Commandments by Oskar Gudmundsson and Deceit by Jonina Leosdottir for the weekend! amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1381HJZ/

This #IndiePublisher Starter Pack is now at 111 do not many to go until it's full if you know of any indies active on Bluesky that are not on this list please let me know go.bsky.app/8ui1WS6

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 1

New tonight: Read our review of Going to the Dogs by Pierre Lemaitre to discover whether it's suitable for animal lovers, or not, as well as other amazing facts about the book... crimefictionlover.com/2024/11/goin... New #French #CrimeFiction 🇫🇷 🐩 Review by @westwords.bsky.social

🏆 Time to take a closer look at the shortlist for our Best Debut Crime Novel Award for 2024, and congratulate the new authors who have been nominated by our readers! 👏 crimefictionlover.com/2024/11/best... Then... please vote on your top pick!

Black Swan meets Psycho in Icelandic author Óskar Guðmundsson’s first book in a brand new crime series. @corylusbooks.bsky.social #OskarGudmundsson #IcelandicCrimeFiction #translatedfiction @graskeggur.bsky.social westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2024/01/25/t...

Good morning! Today I’m thrilled to share my review of the fantastic The Glass Woman by Alice McIlroy lindasbookbag.com/2024/01/05/t...

What does it say about our society when the tragedy of people’s lives and crime is normalised to the point where we see it as entertainment? Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker asks this question. westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2023/10/27/k...

Since South Africa made it to the semi-finals in the Rugby World Cup (phew!) here's a reminder, albeit somewhat dated, of some South African crime authors to read: westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2019/04/20/t...

Writers! Do you have a masterpiece handy? ... For the next month, we're open to submissions from women writers. For more information, head here: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/submissions (We'll be very grateful if you could share widely!)

Struggling to review properly at the moment, so here are 4 very brief looks at some books I read this past week. findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2023/09/25/f... 💙📚

Which authors did you enjoy following on twitter that aren't here yet? I.e. Who do we need to start targeting with our invite codes? #ImportantFridayQuestion

Today I’ve reviewed The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi kashiwai, translated by Jess Kirkwood. 📚 fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com/2023/09/22/t...

Lisbeth Salander is back in the 7th of the Millennium series. Written by Karin Smirnoff, published by Quercus. westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2023/09/22/t... #LisbethSalander #Millenniumtrilogy

My review of Stephen King’s Holly is now up at NPR. www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1...