Tag: #Crime

Thrillers, Serial Killers and Perfectly Plotted Murder Mysteries A packed programme announced for @GraniteNoirFest 2024 #pressrelease

Posted on December 13, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

🗞️ Hot off the press! 🗞️ Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s crime writing Festival, returns to the city next year with a packed programme of events for crime writing fans of all ages, with legendary detectives, code-breakers, spies, serial killers, perfectly plotted Continue reading Thrillers, Serial Killers and Perfectly Plotted Murder Mysteries A packed programme announced for @GraniteNoirFest 2024 #pressrelease→

Posted on October 22, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

My thoughts: WOW! When I turned the last page of Kim DeRose’s For Girls Who Walk Through Fire, all I could think was: sweet mother of thrillers, well that was different! If you’re searching for a mesmerizing concoction of ‘The Craft’, ‘Mean Continue reading Poignant & Powerful… #ForGirlsWhoWalkThroughFire #Review #KimDeRose→

Posted on September 29, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

My thanks to Anne Cater and Orenda for the ARC and a stop on this fantastic tour. My Thoughts: From the prologue and first chapter of Michael J. Malone’s THE MURMURS, a chilling shadow will dance in your mind, setting Continue reading In the beginning there was fear… #TheMurmurs #review #blogtour @michaelJmalone1 @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours→

Posted on September 23, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

About the Book: The boys on the row are only after one thing, but that bullshit’s for pledges. Tiffany’s on the hunt for something more. Kill for Love is a searing satirical thriller about Tiffany, a privileged Los Angeles sorority Continue reading Are you ready for a female American Psycho? #KillForLove by #LauraPicklesimer #debut #review→

Posted on September 14, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

Delighted to be closing off the #BloodyScotland blog tour with my review of The Devil’s Playground by Craig Russell and some details about his appearance at Bloody Scotland this weekend. I’ll be there, so if you see me… say hello! Continue reading #TheDevilsPlayground: Where horror is silent . . . #Review #BlogTour @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald #CraigRussell→

Posted on July 25, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival Is Coming Back! After some blockbuster standalone events with international crime-writing stars like Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter, Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival is back in its weekend format from 6th-8th October in Continue reading It would be a crime to miss it…#MurderOne returns 6 – 8 October 2023! #pressrelease @MurderOneFest→

Posted on July 24, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

Hey fellow #CrimeBookJunkies! I’ve recently returned from another thrilling escapade at the infamous Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival 2023. Oh, and what a whirlwind it was! Let’s set the scene: imagine if you will, a picturesque North Yorkshire town, Harrogate, Continue reading Crime, Pints, and Peculiarity – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival 2023… that’s a wrap! @HarrogateFest→

Posted on July 24, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

What did I think? Massive thanks to Laura Sherlock (publicist) and Pan Macmillan for an ARC of what has been my favourite book of 2023 to date. It is going to take something HUGE to knock this book off of Continue reading An apt title as this book completely broke me! #AllOfUsAreBroken by @FionaAnnCummins #review @laurasherlock21→

Posted on July 5, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

The CWA’s National Crime Reading Month a Blazing Success this June With over 150 events from the Channel Islands to the tip of Scotland via ambassador Emma Christie’s camper van in Croatia and institutions such as the British Library and Continue reading When Crime Pays! #SuccessOfNCRM #PressRelease @the_cwa #PickUpAPageTurner→

Posted on June 29, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

Five million reasons why Ben Koenig had to disappear. Only one to bring him back . . . Ben Koenig is a ghost. He doesn’t exist any more. Six years ago it was Koenig who headed up the US Marshal’s Continue reading A must read #newseries! #Fearless #review @MWCravenUK @TheCrimeVault→

Posted on June 18, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

In case you missed the cover reveal earlier last week or want to know more about the author and book… check out KILLER BODIES by Heleen Kist! It’s out July 20th and even before reading this one, I know you’ll Continue reading Be careful what you wish for… #CoverReveal #KillerBodies @hkist→

Posted on June 15, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

Well this was an awesome email to receive and I’ll tell you what – it’s going to be tough to choose! With six bestselling authors competing to win the UK’s most wanted crime writing prize, the public is now invited Continue reading And the #shortlist nominees are… #PressRelease #TheakstonsCrime @HarrogateFest→

Posted on June 13, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

IT’S NOT CHILD’S PLAY Glasgow, 1974 – a time of power cuts, strikes and the three-day week. Twelve-year-old Ginger Bannerman is playing in the local woods when he stumbles across a gunman in hiding. The man has incriminating evidence of Continue reading A crime thriller with heart and humour… #NoMoreGames #Review @GoJaBrown @RedDogTweets→

Posted on June 10, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

Meet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated… He’s a detective, a dancer, he has no respect for authority - and he’s the best hope Blackpool has for keeping criminals off the streets. Meet Detective Declan Miller. A double murder Continue reading When a new series has your heart racing for more ~ meet Detective Miller… #TheLastDance #review @MarkBillingham @TheCrimeVault #Sphere→

Posted on June 9, 2023 by crimebookjunkie

I was delighted to be a Bloody Scotland reader again this year and look forward to the official announcements for the McIlvanney Prize 2023! Here’s more details about the programme launch! BLOODY SCOTLAND REVEALS STAR LINE UP FOR PROGRAMME LAUNCH Continue reading Stop what you’re doing right now and read this! #pressrelease #lineupannounced @BloodyScotland→