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The Easter Roundup

Whether you celebrate Easter or not, we hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend! How did you spend your time? We hope it was with lots of chocolate and sunshine. We had a very busy week on the Killer Reads Facebook in the lead up to the long… Read More

From the Screen to the Page: The Metamorphosis of Murder

By J. J. Durham What’s the difference between writing a novel and writing a screenplay?  It’s a question I’m often asked, being someone who earns a living doing both.  The answer isn’t as easy to pin down as you’d think. An Act of Mercy began as a screenplay… Read More

Marnie Riches: What I Learned from Jo Nesbo

In celebration of The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die publishing this week, author Marnie Riches shares one of her favourite authors and his influence on her writing.   The ambition to write a great crime thriller had been lurking at the back of my mind ever since I… Read More

Female Leads in Crime by author Marnie Riches

Whilst reading Stieg Larsson’s books some years ago, what struck me was that Lisbeth Salander was an amazing heroine. Her character and backstory shone through the dense reportage-style prose and kept me reading voraciously. I hadn’t come across a female lead that had captured my imagination so completely in decades. Read More

Could you be an MI6 officer – Terms and Conditions

1. This competition is promoted by HarperCollins Publishers Limited (“HarperCollins”), 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9FG. 2. This promotion is open to all UK residents except employees of HarperCollins (or their parent, subsidiaries or any affiliated companies) and their immediate families, who are not allowed to enter the… Read More

Sheena Lambert dives below the surface of THE LAKE — out today!

Happy Publication Day to Sheena Lambert! Her first Killer Reads imprint novel, The Lake, is out today in eBook format. We have the privilege of sharing an exclusive blog post from Sheena in celebration of its release. Continue reading to learn more from the author on the namesake behind this far-from-placid Irish… Read More

Small Town, Big Secrets #killerfest15

There are no secrets in a small town. Everyone knows everyone else, if not by name, then by face, by status, by reputation. People can try to keep a secret in a small town. (And they do. All the time.) But the law of averages is against them. Nine times… Read More

Q&A with author Jilliane Hoffman @jillianehoffman #killerfest15

Your name: Jilliane Hoffman Tell us about yourself: I was born and raised on Long Island, just outside New York City. I left NY after law school to take a position with the Miami Dade State Attorney’s Office in Miami as an assistant state attorney. I was a felony criminal prosecutor for… Read More

Crime fiction recommended by crime authors to EVERYONE #killerfest15

We asked 30 different crime authors to pick 3 crime books they would recommend to EVERYONE. With thanks to Alexandra Burt, Anya Lipska, Ben McPherson, Bonnie MacBride, Bruce Holsinger, Chris Curran, Chris Nickson, Emma Kavanagh, Fergus McNeill, Ian Sansom, Isabelle Grey, James Craig, Jax Miller, Jilliane Hoffman, JJ Durham, JS Law, Lars Kepler,… Read More

Greg Iles whopping great giveaway #killerfest15

The Bone Tree is the phenomenal follow-up to Greg Iles’ blockbuster thriller Natchez Burning, featuring former prosecutor Penn Cage. To celebrate its publication this April, we’re giving away a SIGNED set of Greg’s whole backlist! For your chance to win, tweet us @KillerReads and include the hashtag: #KillerFest15… Read More

Q&A with authors Lars Kepler #killerfest15

Your name: Lars Kepler Tell us about yourself: We are a husband and wife team and our real names are Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril. We were writers in our own names long before Lars Kepler. So we knew by experience that writing is one of the loneliest professions in the… Read More

Q&A with author Jane Casey @janecaseyauthor #killerfest15

Your name: Jane Casey Tell us about yourself: I was born and brought up in Dublin, then read English at Oxford. I worked in publishing for nine years, specialising in children’s books. I’ve now written ten crime novels: seven for adults and three for teens. I live in London. I’m married to… Read More