Here are the latest crime fiction news highlights I found for you:
- CrimeFest and award season updates (2025): The CrimeFest Awards announced winners across categories, including The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz and Heist Royale by Kayvion Lewis in their respective shortlists and categories. This reflects ongoing recognition trends in contemporary crime fiction.[1]
- Dagger and Anthony Awards shortlists (2025): The Crime Writers’ Association and Bouchercon released shortlists for major awards, highlighting titles like The Book of Secrets by Anna Mazzola and Nobody’s Hero by M.W. Craven, indicating strong activity and debate around the best novels of the year.[1]
- New releases and cover reveals (2026): CrimeReads and CrimeFictionLover have covered new installments in ongoing series, such as Quant by Anthony Bidulka and Blood Never Sleeps by Andrew Lowe, signaling continued expansion in detective and thriller franchises.[3][8]
- Genre coverage and analysis (ongoing): The Guardian and The Economic Times continue to report on crime fiction trends, releases, and industry movements, useful if you want broader context on the market and stylistic shifts in 2025–2026.[9][10]
If you want, I can pull specific blurbs, author interviews, orcompile a short reading list based on these selections. Would you like a focused list by subgenre (hardboiled, Nordic noir, police procedural, psychological thriller) or by author releases in the next few months?
Sources:
- CrimeFest and award coverage[1]
- Shortlists and awards details[1]
- New releases and covers[8][3]
- Broad industry coverage[10][9]
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By crimefictionlover Yesterday on X we brought you the exclusive cover reveal of Quant, the ninth novel in Canadian crime author Anthony Bidulka’s detective series and the first in nearly 15 years. Russell Quant is a lot of things. He doesn’t drink wine, he swills it. He… News … By crimefictionlover Previously a hugely successful self-published thriller author, Andrew Lowe signed with Vinci Books last year and we told you all about Creepy Crawly, the first book in his Jake Sawyer series. And,...
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www.theguardian.comWinners for the 2025 CrimeFest Awards have been announced. Authors and titles of genre interest include The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Faber & Faber) in the eDUNNIT category and Heist Royale by Kayvion Lewis (Simon & Schuster Children’s) in the Best Crime Novel for Young Adults category. Winners receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award and were announced May 17, 2025 at a gala awards dinner in Bristol, UK....Read More The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the...
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