Review Season 2022: 3-1
The podium places every year on Death of the Reader have blown our minds, and it's…
Crime Fiction
Review Season 2022: ‘The Tilt’ + 5-4
We're down to the top 5, and it's never been a more hotly contested year. We…
Review Season 2022: ‘The Torrent’ + 7-6
Happy New Year! We appreciate you dropping in whilst you recover from whatever unspeakable deeds you…
Review Season 2022: ‘When We Fall’ + 9-8
Merry Christmas! Our gift to you this year; Death of the Reader's Honourable Mentions. We read…
Review Season 2022: 12-10
It's time for our 'all classics' episode of Review Season, wherein we cruelly rank the all-time…
Review Season 2022: 16-13
It’s the end of the year, and that means Review Season on Death of the Reader.…
Martin Edwards on E.C. Bentley and Blackstone Fell
Martin Edwards is the current president of The Detection Club, a CWA Diamond Dagger winner, and…
Blackstone Fell by Martin Edwards – Part Three
We discuss Martin Edwards' latest novel, 'Blackstone Fell', from chapters 24-33. Our final full-length discussion of…
Blackstone Fell by Martin Edwards – Part Two
We discuss Martin Edwards' latest novel, 'Blackstone Fell', from chapters 12-23. Rachel Savernake begins her militaristic…
Blackstone Fell by Martin Edwards – Part One
We discuss Martin Edwards' latest novel, 'Blackstone Fell', from chapters 1-11. Firebrand journalist Nell Fagan is…
Trent’s Last Case by E.C. Bentley – Part Three
We discuss Edmund Clerihew Bentley's iconic novel, 'Trent's Last Case', from chapters 12-16. The case is…
Matthew Spencer on ‘Black River’
Andrew Pople from Final Draft talks with Matthew Spencer about his debut thriller, 'Black River'. Journalist…