News•Mar 10, 2026
Meet the Author: AM Belsey
AM Belsey’s debut crime novella *Six Mile Store* arrives on March 19, 2026, delivering a rural‑noir tale set in a 1998 Arkansas hamlet. The story follows Honey, a university student working weekend shifts at a local shop, whose quiet observation replaces the typical detective role. Drawing on Belsey’s own Arkansas upbringing, the book blends Southern gothic atmosphere with themes of female survival amid conservative cultural constraints. A follow‑up thriller, *Razor’s Edge*, is already in development, promising another glimpse into the same stark landscape.
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News•Mar 7, 2026
One True Word by Snæbjörn Arngrímsson
Icelandic children’s author Snæbjörn Arngrímsson turns to crime fiction with *One True Word*, a psychological thriller set on a remote Hvalfjörður islet. The story follows freelance writer Júlía, whose impulsive decision to abandon her husband spirals into a web of...
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News•Mar 6, 2026
The Glencairn Glass Short Story Competition 2026 Is Open for Entries
The Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition 2026 is now accepting entries, inviting writers worldwide to submit original crime stories under 2,000 words with a Scottish protagonist. Partnered with the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival, the contest offers a...
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News•Mar 4, 2026
The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood
Robert Thorogood’s fifth Marlow Murder Club novel, *The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts*, opens moments after *Murder on the Marlow Belle* and pits the elderly sleuth Judith against accusations of a decades‑old murder in Cyprus. A new celebrity killing—footballer Gary...
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News•Mar 3, 2026
She Knew Too Much by Victoria Weisfeld
Victoria Weisfeld’s second novel, *She Knew Too Much*, thrusts travel writer Genie Clarke into a deadly mafia conspiracy after she overhears a cryptic conversation in Rome. The story weaves classic Hitchcockian suspense with modern twists, including a subplot about experimental...
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News•Mar 3, 2026
Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo
Lee Heejoo’s debut English translation, *Holy Boy*, thrusts readers into a 1990s South Korean psychological horror‑crime hybrid. A 21‑year‑old K‑pop idol named Yosep is kidnapped by four obsessive women, each with a twisted motive, and awakens paralysed in a nightmarish...
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News•Feb 28, 2026
Adrift by Will Dean
Will Dean’s new novel *Adrift* transports readers to a cramped narrowboat in Cairo, Illinois, in 1994, where the Jenkins family endures economic hardship and psychological abuse. The patriarch Drew enforces a strict silence rule while pursuing his writing, creating a...
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News•Feb 26, 2026
Meet the Author: Oliver Johnson
Oliver Johnson, a former Waterstones bookseller and Hodder & Stoughton commissioning editor, has debuted as a crime novelist with the thriller *Caller Unknown*. The novel follows amnesiac protagonist Ed Constance, whose childhood hostage trauma is re‑triggered by a mysterious phone...
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