Read an extract from Satori, by Don Winslow

Nicholai Hel exploded onto the scene in Trevanian’s 1970s blockbuster Shibumi. Now critically acclaimed novelist Don Winslow continues the story and reveals how Nicolai Hel became the world’s most dangerous assassin.

Watch for a Satori competition here on Bookdagger this Friday!

Read an extract from Sacred Treason, by James Forrester

Download the extract from this gripping historical thriller full of compelling detail and narrative twists in the vein of C. J. Sansom, that received blanket rave reviews in hardcover, out in paperback this month. Watch for a competition to win copies of Sacred Treason on our sister site, Bookhugger, next week!

Judas Pig remembered…

In a special extended review-reminiscence, Bookgeeks’ Mike Stafford recalls real-life criminal Horace Silver’s fictionalised career, Judas Pig.

The Martin Edwards Column: The play’s the thing

A crime play can be just a tense and involving as a great novel, says novelist, editor and commentator Martin Edwards in the latest of his exclusive columns for Bookdagger.

The March Competition [closed]

This month, three lucky Bookdagger readers will win copies of The Survivor, by Sean Slater (Simon & Schuster), The Red Coffin, by Sam Eastland (Faber & Faber) and Naming the Bones, by Louise Welch (Canongate)…

Exclusive: Win signed proof copies of Taboo, by Casey Hill [closed]

Bookdagger has five exclusive proof copies of Casey Hill’s debut thriller for five lucky readers.

Win a bloodthirsty bundle of contemporary crime fiction! [closed]

Bookdagger presents the third of three great give-aways from Headline for three lucky readers across our network of websites in March…

Win signed proof copies of The Death Instinct, by Jed Rubenfeld [closed]

Watch the video, read the extract and answer two questions to win a signed proof copy of Jed Rubenfeld’s spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul.

Read an extract from The Death instinct, by Jed Rubenfeld

Read an extract from the eagerly awaited follow up to the million-copy selling The Interpretation of Murder, winner of the 2007 Richard and Judy Book of the Year.

The Death Instinct will be published in April, but watch for a competition to win signed proof copies here on Bookdagger on Friday.

Win a copy of Lasting Damage, by Sophie Hannah [closed]

Courtesy of Hodder & Stoughton, we have ten proof copies of Sophie Hannah’s new thriller to give away to Bookdagger readers!

February crime round-up

A selection of the best new crime fiction from the Bookdagger publishers for the month of February…

Craig Robertson on Random

When a random killer strikes, is it only what it seems…? Author Craig Robertson discusses Random.

Read an extract from A Rush of Blood

The thrilling new Skinner mystery by Scotland’s Crime Master, Quintin Jardine, published this month by Headline, the latest publisher to join Bookdagger.

Watch for a fantastic competition later this month!

The Leopard

Soon the first snow will come. And then he will appear again… The first snowfall in Oslo brings a series of gruesome murders, and Harry Hole is pitted against a brutal killer who will drive him to the edge.

Watch the massively popular trailer to Jo Nesbo’s new Harry Hole crime novel The Leopard.

January Crime round-up

January saw a whole slew of crime and thrillers from authors new and established, from Mary Higgins Clark to Peter Leonard, plus the televison tie-ins of Michael Dibdin’s Aurelio Zen mysteries.

The Martin Edwards Column: Parody and Pastiche

For readers with a penchant for a little light humour amongst all that mystery, intrigue and blood, crime novelist, editor and commentator Martin Edwards suggests some ‘spoof-sleuth’ reading matter in his first Bookdagger column of 2011.

Destination… Murder? Part Two

Faber Editor Katerine Armstrong has gone on sabbatical. As a crime fiction fan she’s decided to explore some of the crime fiction writers – and their characters – that she may encounter on her travels.

Well-read and now very well traveled, this second and final article features Katherine’s favourite authors from Australia and New Zealand…

Destination… Murder? Part One

Faber Editor Katerine Armstrong has gone on sabbatical. As a crime fiction fan she’s decided to explore some of the crime fiction writers – and their characters – that she may encounter on her travels.

This first article features Katherine’s favourite American authors…

Win a copy of The Salati Case, by Tobias Jones [closed]

Bookdagger readers have the chance to win one of three copies of Tobias Jones’ gripping crime debut…

Tobias Jones reads from The Salati Case

Castagnetti is a private detective who lost his parents and his optimism long ago. He’s impatient with the world of appearances and deceit and prefers the company of his bees to that of humans. At least bees believe in order, hard work and self-sacrifice.

Listen to three excerpts from The Salati case read by the author.