Read an extract from The Breath of the Rose by Andrea Japp

Alencon, September 1304. Imprisoned by the Inquisition, Agnes de Souarcy faces interrogation and torture. At the same time, the religious community of Clairets Abbey is shaken to the core when a nun is horrifically poisoned by a murderer hidden in its midst.

June crime round-up

A selection of the best in new crime fiction and non-fiction from the Bookdagger publishers for the month of June featuring five reissues from the P. D. James backlist, two new Lynda La Plante thrillers, the realities of the cocaine trade, and the codes behind Russia’s equivalent to the Mafia…

Twisteries: R. N. Morris on his new Twitter adventure

R. N. Morris, author of historical crime novels, on the “creative challenge” of using Twitter. He has just started posting a series of Twisteries, 140-character mysteries to test your detective mind.

Bookdagger’s Real Readers

We’re looking for fans of crime and thrillers for our exciting new Real Readers programme.

The June Competition [closed]

Win yourself 4 cutting edge new crime titles in our June competition.

Digging Up the Past: Researching Historical Crime

How do four of Faber and Faber’s crime crew research their fiction?

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…

Read an extract from Blind Fury

Lynda La Plante’s latest DI Anne Travis mystery Blind Fury is published this month.

Read the Prologue.

Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade

Drug smuggler turned author and campaigner for legalisation of cannabis Howard Marks introduces the new edition of Snowblind. the story of the legendary Zachary Swan, a mover in the cocaine trade in the sixties who set the standard for all who followed.

The Martin Edwards Column: Crime and Conventions

With the literary festival season in full swing, let’s not forget the UK’s numerous crime conventions and the unexpected benefits attending can bring.