Read an extract from The Saint-Florentin Murders by Jean-François Parot

The fifth exciting adventure for Nicolas Le Floch, to be published in October, has it all: serial crimes and a bizarre murder weapon, as well as debauchery, espionage, and the follies of a young court where ancient rivalries and grudges still linger. Read the prologue and first chapter exclusively here on Bookhugger…

September reading groups round-up

Looking for a new title for your bookgroup or reading circle? Look no further – here are three titles that have reading group resources available right here on Bookhugger.

Genre round-up: crime fiction

A selection of the best in new crime fiction, contemporary and historical, from the Bookhuger publishers for the month of August…

Read an extract from Beautiful Malice

So. Were you glad, deep down? Were you glad to be rid of her? Your perfect sister? Were you secretly glad when she was killed?

July crime round-up

Modern day Hollywood and Los Angeles, the desolation of Greenland in 1067, an England torn apart by conflict in 1326, London in 1903 and the gulags of Russia. This month’s releases takes the willing reader on sinister travels through time and place.

Read an extract from Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian

‘There’ says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, when she come up out of the water after her baptism. Just a few short hours later, Alice is dead, shot by her abusive husband who turned the gun on himself soon after…

Deceptions, by Rebecca Frayn

Rebecca Frayn explains the genesis of her novel Deceptions, a thriller about family deceit, in this exclusive piece for Bookhugger.

R. N. Morris on switching from thrillers to arias

R. N. Morris explains how he ended up as both a writer of historical crime novels – and the librettist for a new opera…

Siberian education, according to Nicolai Lilin

Nicolai Lilin was born in 1981 and grew up in the small republic of Transnistria which declared its independence from Moldova in 1990 but has never been recognised. In this video, Lilin tells us more about his experiences in Siberian Education, his memoir of growing up in a society of ‘honest criminals’.

Read the first chapter of Orange Prize-shortlisted Black Water Rising

Enjoy Chapter One of Orange Prize for Fiction-shortlisted thriller Black Water Rising by Attica Locke – big oil and its twin, corporate corruption, meet their match with attorney Jay Porter.

April Crime round-up

Let there be blood… a summation of the latest crime releases from our sinister publishers.

Read an extract from The Nicolas le Floch Affair, by Jean-François Parot

Commissioner Le Floch’s adventures reach their fourth instalment in Jean-François Parot’s acclaimed historical crime series.

Win a Pocket Notebook goodie bag! [closed]

Bookhugger celebrates Windmill Books’ addition to the fold with an easy to enter competition.

The Bookhugger Author Panel: Sympathy for the Devil

We asked three crime authors about how they handle writing one of the most important aspects of any crime novel: the baddy!

Read an extract from Louise Welsh’s Naming the Bones

Some secrets are best left buried…

An interview with Jean-Francois Parot, by Anna Brown

Anna Brown interviews Gallic Books’ master of historical crime, Jean-Francois Parot, and talks to him about diplomacy, food, and his creation, police commissioner Nicolas le Floch.

An interview with Nicola Upson

George Miller talks to Nicola Upson about her second book, which features the Cornish landscape and its people, the very real ‘golden age’ crime writer Josephine Tey, and the theatre world of 1930s Britain

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February crime round-up

The best of the latest crime fiction from Bookhugger’s publishers…

Tobias Hill on The Hidden

You’re ours, Ben. Now you are. Now you’re one of us.

Acclaimed author Tobias Hill discusses his extraordinary novel of ancient secrets, modern conflict and what it costs to belong.

Read an extract from The Reluctant Hero, by Michael Dobbs

Harry Jones, hero of The Edge of Madness is caught in a web of international intrigue, with an old friend as bait, and a female scorpion at his side.

Best of the Web: Neil Cross

Neil Cross is one of the most exciting crime authors publishing today. Not only has he just unleashed his latest novel, Captured, but he’s also written the forthcoming BBC drama, Luther; and was lead writer on the ever popular spy series, Spooks.

Read the first chapter of The Secret Speech

Tom Rob Smith talks about his hotly-anticipated follow-up to the Booker long-listed Child 44, The Secret Speech, and we let you read the whole of Chapter One.