Revealing Jason Goodwin’s Evil Eye

When the body of a Russian agent is found down a monastery well, Yashim knows exactly who to blame. Fevzi Ahmet Pasha, commander of the Ottoman fleet.

Read an extended extract from An Evil Eye, by Jason Goodwin, the fourth Ottoman adventure, featuring Yashim the eunuch detective!

Watch the trailer and read the extract for Roots of Betrayal

The brilliant new Elizabethan thriller from the highly acclaimed author of Sacred Treason…

There’s a chance to win a copy of Roots of Betrayal over on Bookhugger if you’re quick!

An interview with James Forrester, author of The Roots of Betrayal

Watch an interview with James Forrester, author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller, and the highly acclaimed Sacred Treason, as he immerses us in his latest Elizabethan crime mystery.

Michael Jecks discusses King’s Gold

Watch Michael Jecks discussing medieval history, writer’s block, his main characters, and how he became a writer.

Andrew Martin on The Somme Stations

Andrew Martin is the author of the Jim Stringer series, detective novels set during Edwardian times that began with The Necropolis Railway in 2002. The seventh and latest instalment is The Somme Stations…

Win Armand Cabasson’s Napoleonic Murders bundles! [closed]

Gallic Books has kindly given Bookdagger readers a chance to win one of three bundles of Armand Cabasson’s Napoleonic Murders titles!

Armand Cabasson interviewed by Scott Pack

Armand Cabasson is a prize-winning author and psychiatrist who lives in the north of France. He is a member of the French Napoleonic Society and has used his extensive research to create The Napoleonic Murders series. Featuring Quentin Margont, these novels create a vivid portrait of the Napoleonic campaigns.

Alan Bradley Q&A

Jennie Blake interviews Alan Bradley, author of the Flavia de Luce historical thrillers, the latest of which, A Red Herring Without Mustard, is out now via Orion.

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!

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.

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.

Read a second extract from The Baker Street Phantom

Read on for our second exciting extract from Fabrice Bourland’s first fantasy crime novel…

Visit Bookdagger next week for a chance to win a copy of The Baker Street Phantom

An interview with Fabrice Bourland

Author of The Baker Street Phantom, forthcoming in early 2011, interviewed for Bookdagger by Anna Brown

November crime round-up

A selection of the best in new crime fiction and non-fiction from the Bookdagger publishers for the eleventh month featuring new novels from new and established authors, and re-printed true-crime investigative classics.

Win a signed set of Armand Cabasson’s historical detective fiction [closed]

Set in the Napoleonic Wars, the bestselling thrillers of Armand Cabasson, feature detective and Captain Quentin Margont on the trail of murderers from within. We have one signed set to win, courtesy of Gallic Books.

An extract from Monsieur de Montespan

Jean Teulé’s forthcoming novel tells the hilarious, bawdy and touching story of a good man who loved too well and dared challenge the absolute power of the Sun King himself.

An interview with Jean Teulé

We talk to Jean Teulé about his forthcoming novel, Monsieur de Montespan. Look for an extract early next week here on Bookdagger, and a competition later in the month.

Read an extract from The Officer’s Prey, by Armand Cabasson

June 1812. Napoleon begins his invasion of Russia leading the largest army Europe has ever seen. But amongst the troops of the Grande Armee is a savage murderer whose bloodlust is not satisfied by battle. Armed with only the sole fact that the killer is an officer, Captain Quentin Margont of the 84th regiment knows that he faces a near impossible task…

Win a set of Andrea Japp’s Agnès de Souarcy Chronicles [closed]

Three curious Bookdagger readers will win a set of Andrea Japp’s bestselling medieval crime novels, set in 14th century France.