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Brian Faucette78th: The Fells a gritty contemporary English crime thriller set in 2020s that introduces detectives Donovan and Young who explore the disappearance and unexplained death of a young girl who in 1997 went missing in Yorkshire. Great read from Joffe books. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a>

InhaeIt’s funny, I read more or less the same description in two different Korean novels. A character finds a bag, and is afraid it might contain a corpse. Then they open the bag and actually find themselves face to face with someone, leading the reader to believe that there really was a corpse. Then the narrator reveals that the person they saw was Shin Saimdang… The character just found a bag full of 50,000W notes! <a href="https://social.inhae.blog/tags/Korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Korean</a> <a href="https://social.inhae.blog/tags/CrimeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrimeFiction</a>

paulasimoesFor <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/MurderEveryMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MurderEveryMonday</a> (works published posthumously) an obvious, but favorite choice. Published in October 1976, it was written around 1940s/1950s Check Kate's post to know more about the hashtag <a href="https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/murdereverymonday-theme-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/murdereverymonday-theme-list/</a><a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/AgathaChristie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgathaChristie</a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/FavoriteReadings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FavoriteReadings</a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/CrimeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrimeFiction</a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/MissMarple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MissMarple</a>

paulasimoesWhat makes a good reading for you? I went through Kate Jackson's post from Cross Examining Crime and added some notes about the criteria I value the most.<a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/BookReviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookReviews</a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/CrimeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrimeFiction</a><a href="https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/some-notes-on-ten-things-i-look-out-for-when-writing-reviews-by-kate-jackson/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/some-notes-on-ten-things-i-look-out-for-when-writing-reviews-by-kate-jackson/</a>

kcReview of Liar's Game by Jack Beaumont released tomorrow:<a href="https://tinyl.co/3Wyp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tinyl.co/3Wyp</a>The third in The Frenchman series, written by a pseudonymous author with real life experience in French Intelligence this is a modern day espionage series, with all the tradecraft and real-life emotional ups and downs you'd ever want to read about, informed by some frighteningly current threats and plotlines.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CrimeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrimeFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AusCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusCrime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

IndieAuthors.Social NewsWhat’s the Difference Between Crime, Mystery, Thriller, and Psychological Suspense?They do have one thing in common Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative » <a href="https://writingcooperative.com/whats-the-difference-between-crime-mystery-thriller-and-psychological-suspense-fbb3a055ea2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://writingcooperative.com/whats-the-difference-between-crime-mystery-thriller-and-psychological-suspense-fbb3a055ea2</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/psychologicalthriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychologicalthriller</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/writingtips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingtips</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/suspense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suspense</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> Josephine Tey: Crime Writer and Imagined DetectiveJosephine Tey (1896–1952) wrote classic crime fiction. Now she leads a fictional afterlife as the lead character in Nicola Upson’s CWA Dagger-shortlisted series of crime novels, starting with AN EXPERT IN MURDER – published by Faber Books7/7<a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/josephine-tey-crime-writer-and-imagined-detective/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/josephine-tey-crime-writer-and-imagined-detective/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenwriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#20thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JosephineTey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JosephineTey</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> Celebrating Josephine Tey: Granite Noir 2021Val McDermid discusses MISS PYM DISPOSES with Andy Miller & John Mitchinson in a collaboration between the Backlisted Podcast & the Granite Noir Festival6/7<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omuqekhpM8A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omuqekhpM8A</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenwriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#20thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JosephineTey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JosephineTey</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> “Questions of identity permeate her novels. […] Masks and the identities they hide run through her work like the unifying thread in a tapestry.”via CrimeReads – Val McDermid on how Josephine Tey opened up the crime novel for contemporary writers5/7<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenwriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#20thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JosephineTey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JosephineTey</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> Josephine Tey’s Golden Age: how WW2 made this Scottish writer want to write mysteries againCurrently available on BBC Sounds – the Shedunnit Show discusses “Queens of Crime at War” with Josephine Tey’s biographer Jennifer Morag Henderson4/7<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c4kk5s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c4kk5s</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenwriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#20thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JosephineTey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JosephineTey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WW2</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> “To study Josephine Tey’s literary connections is to draw out a different picture of the inter-war & post-war Scottish literary scene: one that foregrounds women, & draws out forgotten areas of popularity”Jennifer Morag Henderson uncovers the mysteries of Golden Age crime queen Josephine Tey3/7<a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/josephine-tey-mystery-writer/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/josephine-tey-mystery-writer/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenwriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#20thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JosephineTey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JosephineTey</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> “…rather than a locked-room mystery in which the murder is an impossible crime, the detective is in (and becomes) the locked room, using cerebral means to reason his way into a solution to a genuine historical conundrum”“A Mystery Novel Like No Other Before” – <a href="https://journa.host/@sarahweinman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sarahweinman</a> on the fiction of Josephine Tey2/7<a href="https://lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-like-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-like-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenwriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#20thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JosephineTey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JosephineTey</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature“In 1990, the UK Crime Writers’ Association issued a list titled ‘The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time.’ Number one on the list was THE DAUGHTER OF TIME by Josephine Tey. It was a good call then, it’d still be a good call now.”Josephine Tey (1896–1952) was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OTD</a>, 25 July<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> 1/7<a href="https://crimereads.com/josephine-tey-a-crime-readers-guide-to-the-classics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://crimereads.com/josephine-tey-a-crime-readers-guide-to-the-classics/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenwriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#20thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JosephineTey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JosephineTey</a>

Rebecca BrynBrenda is widowed because the Secretary of State broke his promise. Christine vows vengeance on her adulterous husband, and the promise to love, honour, and cherish means nothing to Trevor if he smells money. DCI Croft must mop up another trail of crimes. 'Gripping book you won't want to put down' <a href="https://mybook.to/DCICroftCrimeThrillers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mybook.to/DCICroftCrimeThrillers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a>

Assoc for Scottish LiteratureThe SWH! Bloody Scotland Podcasts: The Scottish Crime Debut Prize Shortlist 2025The Scots Whay Hae! podcast speaks to the 5 authors shortlisted for this year’s Scottish Crime Debut of the Year. They include David Goodman (A Reluctant Spy), Natalie Jayne Clark (The Malt Whisky Murders), Foday Mannah (The Search for Othella Savage), Claire Wilson (Five By Five), & Richard Strachan (The Unrecovered).<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://www.scotswhayhae.com/post/the-swh-bloody-scotland-podcasts-the-scottish-crime-debut-prize-shortlist-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scotswhayhae.com/post/the-swh-bloody-scotland-podcasts-the-scottish-crime-debut-prize-shortlist-2025</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a>

Arpad NagyThis story was supposed to be a gothic horror but the characters didn't want to play along. <a href="https://medium.com/the-short-place/the-chaplin-killer-153f30546046" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medium.com/the-short-place/the-chaplin-killer-153f30546046</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/crimestory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimestory</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimefiction</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/WritingCommmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommmunity</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trauma</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/creativewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creativewriting</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/writerslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writerslife</a>

kcBack after a week of downtime in which reading was caught up on, but not enough. Today's reviews are:Dead Heat by Peter Cotton (from the missed it when released pile): <a href="https://tinyl.co/3VUx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tinyl.co/3VUx</a>andCarved in Blood by Michael Bennett: <a href="https://tinyl.co/3VUy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tinyl.co/3VUy</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CrimeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrimeFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AusCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusCrime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/YeahNoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YeahNoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Mellordramatic<a href="https://bianet.org/yazi/i-cant-be-the-killer-can-i-309565" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bianet.org/yazi/i-cant-be-the-killer-can-i-309565</a> Detective or Killer ? The plot thickens here (P2) > <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ayvalik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ayvalik</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkiye</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/detective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#detective</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thrillers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thrillers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CrimeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrimeFiction</a>

wSomething that happens all the time in crime fiction: a key character, say the murder victim, is not who they are supposed to be. It is obvious to you (the reader) from a few pages in; but the investigator, supposedly a remarkably intelligent person, fails to cotton on for most of the book. I get that it’s a way of increasing the tension but it does strain the reader’s credulity.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/CrimeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrimeFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/whodunnit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whodunnit</a>

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