February crime round-up

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

The Wall of Sequoias, by Urban Waite

To celebrate the publication of The Terror of Living this month, Bookdagger is publishing several of Urban’s short stories. This is the fourth…

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

The seventh entry in our series featuring Sir Arthus Conan Doyle’s classic creation, the arch sleuth Sherlock Holmes, is The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.

It was originally published in The Strand magazine in January 1892, the illustrations are by Sidney Paget.

Craig Robertson on Random

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

The Man With The Twisted Lip

The fifth entry in our series featuring Sir Arthus Conan Doyle’s classic creation, the arch sleuth Sherlock Holmes, is The Man With the Twisted Lip.

It was originally published in The Strand magazine in December 1891, the illustrations are by Sidney Paget.

The Lie, by Urban Waite

To celebrate the publication of The Terror of Living this month, Bookdagger is publishing several of Urban’s short stories. They’re a fantastic introduction to this important new voice in crime and thriller, so keep an eye out as they’ll be appearing at regular intervals this month.

The February Competition [closed]

This month, three lucky Bookdagger readers will win copies of Random, by Craig Robertson (Simon & Schuster, The Red Coffin, by Sam Eastland (Faber & Faber) and This Body of Death, by Elizabeth George (Hodder & Stoughton).

The Martin Edwards Column: Following in the footsteps of another crime writer

Crime novelist, editor and commentator Martin Edwards examines the growing trend for prequels and sequels in the latest of his exclusive columns for Bookdagger.

Open Waters, by Urban Waite

To celebrate the publication of The Terror of Living this month, Bookdagger is publishing several of Urban’s short stories. They’re a fantastic introduction to this important new voice in crime and thriller, so keep an eye out as they’ll be appearing at regular intervals this month.

The Five Orange Pips

The fifth entry in our series featuring Sir Arthus Conan Doyle’s classic creation, the arch sleuth Sherlock Holmes, is The Five Orange Pips.

It was originally published in The Strand magazine in November 1891, the illustrations are by Sidney Paget.

Urban Waite on writing The Terror of Living

Urban Waite is thirty years old. He lives and writes in Seattle. The Terror of Living is his first novel. He tells Bookdagger about the empathy he shares with his characters.

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 Life and Death of Seals, by Urban Waite

To celebrate the publication of The Terror of Living on February 3rd 2011, Bookdagger is publishing several of Urban’s short stories. They’re a fantastic introduction to this important new voice in crime and thriller, so keep an eye out as they’ll be appearing at regular intervals 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.