At the beginning of the school year and while I am yet to drown in marking, managed to read a whole book this weekend that one of my new Year 9s proffered into my hands last week - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino - which I gather loads of people already know about, but had completely passed me by. Gripping, really interestingly structured, and a fantastic crime thriller. I'm so happy I'll be able to discuss it with that student next week! #Books #bookstodon #AmReading #CrimeFiction

Author Liam McIlvanney explores why #Scottish #CrimeFiction is thriving

“I think the fact that Scotland has such a rich tradition of dark, macabre storytelling – back to the Gothic fiction of James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson and even further back to the ballads – gives crime writers a deep well of inspiration to draw on […] that Calvinist preoccupation with good and evil, with the cloven hoof beneath the spotless robe, has to be a significant factor.”

@bookstodon

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6120409/liam-mcilvanney-scottish-crime-novels-wayword-festival/

The main character of the mystery I'm currently writing just thought "That stymied me," partly because she's stymied, but mostly because I have no idea how the crime I've pantsed actually went down. 😆

(Happens every time, but the characters seldom voice it.)

#amwriting #crimefiction

The mammies are returning from the school run in shorts & I’m in my writing room in my best woollens insisting it’s Autumn.

Today’s research is post-opera shenanigans in Gilded Age New York dinner clubs. I’m blasting Don Giovanni (which appears in the novel) while Agatha dances over the keyboard.

#historicalfiction #crimefiction

Final page of Chapter 5 of the Weird Luck webcomic!

Weird Luck will be going on hiatus for a few months while we finish work on Chapter 6. In the meantime, watch for the upcoming Chapter 6 cover reveal, featuring Charles & Arok!

#webcomic #webcomics #weirdluck #weird #scifi #fantasy #urbanfantasy #CrimeFiction #intrigue #comics #graphicnovel

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-5-13-the-devil-ye-say/

Just a reminder, that The Perfect Hoax, Reed Files 2 is available on NetGalley for those who like to review crime fiction. The book is published on September 17.

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/299111

#BookReviewer #crimefiction

A second referendum looms. Only a few know the truth about the first, and they must keep it secret. At any cost.
“Deft prose and sharp characters make this a must-read political thriller.” — Richie Narvaez, author of Hipster Death Rattle
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bastard-Verdict-James-McCrone/dp/0999137743/
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #BastardVerdict #Indyref2

New page of the Weird Luck webcomic, with a new plot twist!

#webcomic #webcomics #comics #weird #weirdluck #urbanfantasy #scifi #fantasy #intrigue #CrimeFiction

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-5-12-change-of-plans/

My copies of The Perfect Hoax arrived. Looking good. 😊

The book comes out on September 17, and you can read more about it on my webpage
www.susannashore.com/perfecthoax.html

#crimefiction #preorder #books

My review of the book White Nights by Ann Cleeves – You Think You Know Your Neighbor, But You Really Don’t #AnnCleeves #bookreview #crimefiction #murdermystery #mystery #mysterynovels #policeprocedure #Scotland #ShetlandIslands #Shetlandmysteries

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2023/08/31/book-review-white-nights-by-ann-cleeves-you-think-you-know-your-neighbor-but-you-really-dont/

Check out my review of Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby. What a gorgeous book this is!
#botm #crimefiction #SACosby #FlatironBooks

https://strangersights.com/razorblade-tears-by-s-a-cosby/

The Perfect Hoax has its first NetGalley review. It's really difficult to make reviewers excited about second books in a series, but this one called it "a strong sequel ". 😊

If you want to download your review copy, you can find it here:
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/299111

#BookReview #crimefiction

The Girl in the Eagle's Talons (Millennium #7) - Karin Smirnoff #thriller #crimefiction #books #release #bookmastodon
https://www.risingshadow.net/book/64763-the-girl-in-the-eagles-talons

Smiley's proposition draws mixed reactions, in this week's page of the Weird Luck webcomic!

#weirdluck #webcomic #webcomics #comics #UrbanFantasy #fantasy #scifi #weird #CrimeFiction #intrigue

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-5-11-a-reasonable-man/

There are times when I kick myself for being so far behind with my reading list - The Wife and The Widow by Christian White is a case in point:

If you've not read THE WIFE AND THE WIDOW yet then you're in for an absolute treat - but stay away from too many spoiler's and see if you can pick the twist before it slaps you over the head like it did this reader.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/wife-and-widow-christian-white-0

#CrimeFiction
#MtTBR
#books
#bookstodon
#auscrime

@bookstodon

My review of The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer has just been published at:

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/satsuma-complex-bob-mortimer

"... it's not a particularly bad outing, it's just not a standout, grab you by the throat, this is great stuff outing. And it's definitely going to be better if you can hear Mortimer's voice when Gary's on page. "

#CrimeFiction
#MtTBR
#books
#bookstodon

@bookstodon

Check out my review of Tiffany McDaniel's incomparable On the Savage Side available now from Knopf!
#crimefiction

https://strangersights.com/on-the-savage-side-by-tiffany-mcdaniel/

Extremely cozy, fairytale based mystery novel reviewed

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/book/mirror-mirror-whos-killer

Murder, Mystery & Magic... Who has silenced the magic mirror?

Ella Charming is a suspended Fairy Godmother trying to keep her head down in the frozen kingdom of Wyld Enchantment Woods where magic is strictly forbidden.

#YeahNoir
#CrimeFiction
#MtTBR
#books
#bookstodon

@bookstodon

#CfP for the #panel "Intersectional Crime Fiction: Investigating the #Genre", which will take place at the Northeast Modern Languages Association (#NeMLA #northeastMLA)
convention in Boston on March 7-10, 2024.

🗓️Deadline for Abstracts: September 30, 2023

📌Further Information:
https://avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/intersectional-crime-fiction-investigating-the-genre-nemla-2024-boston/ #fidavlnews @litstudies #Gender #Queer #race #CrimeFiction #Poetics #Intersectionality

#ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions with Val Penny #author of Hunter’s Blood | #Edinburgh #crimefiction | @ValeriePenny

Joining me today to answer my #ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions about her latest novel, Hunter's Blood is author Val Penny. Hunter's Blood is the fourth in her Edinburgh set detective series featuring DI Hunter Wilson. I have to say, I love the covers of this series which really showcase beautiful Edinburgh. Over to Val. Tell me THREE things about your…

http://portobellobookblog.com/2023/08/21/threetwoone-quick-fire-questions-with-val-penny-author-of-hunters-blood-edinburgh-crimefiction-valeriepenny/