Sandra Mangan💙
@SandraMangan_
Writer, editor & reviewer based in Wirral; sub editor @W42st; reviewer @CriFiLover; proud Toffee Girl
This month's @Hullnoir and keep the 19th free too, we have another exciting crime fiction event to be announced next week...
We're thrilled our next guest will be @RusseldMcLean. Russel will be talking about his thrillers, 13th August (7pm). It's free to attend at @hull_libraries (Central) or via the online stream. Please reserve your space on the link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-rd…
Happy Friday! 😀 Made happier by our new crime books column including @elicranor, Walter B Levis, @jtellison, Nick Johnson, Clémence Michallon and @JenniferJabaley crimefictionlover.com/2025/07/on-the… #crimefiction #mystery #thriller
Harrogate 2025: Old hands and new faces crimefictionlover.com/2025/07/harrog… Catch our report on the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing festival here...
Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train on a xylophone is proof why every school needs a fully funded music program
Sandy's BACK!🐙📖 @doug_johnstone's #TheTranscendentTide, the emotive, devastating, life-affirming conclusion to the #Bestselling #Enceladons #Trilogy publishes 14/08 🎉📖 Are YOU ready for the EPIC showdown?! 🐙 Pre-order: bit.ly/3GLhNJH #SciFi #BookTwitter
It's not crime, but we love all #hull writers equally 🙌📚
Oh 'ello again... 👀 #SpecialAttraction📙 #hcafc #InMyDay
The shipwreck uncovered in Sanday, #Orkney last year has been identified as HMS Hind, later the Earl of Chatham which was wrecked in the Bay of Lopness in 1788. More than 230 years buried in the seabed, before being released by a storm in 2024. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Season 5 of #OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding premieres September 9 on @hulu and with #HuluOnDisneyPlus. Drop a ⛲️ if you can't wait!
👀Here's some great news for lovers of American crime fiction. @donwinslow is out of retirement with a collection of six novellas. Here's our first look at THE FINAL SCORE: youtube.com/shorts/u1MwujZ… Gangsters, grifters, betrayal, revenge, you name it! 🖤♥️🖤
#KindleDeals #99p Naming the Dead, by @kjhaden17 "A well-researched, well-formed mystery." amazon.co.uk/Naming-Dead-Al… @CriFiLover #crimefiction #tudors #dealoftheday
Meet Steve Cavanagh, the Belfast human rights lawyer who became a crime writing bestseller | Irish Independent independent.ie/entertainment/…
In midst of fab @HarrogateFest #TheakstonsCrime, I got a lovely message: Māori storyteller @MBennettBooks won a 2025 NZ Book Industry Award for Best Audiobook. A @valmcdermid New Blood alumnus, Michael's a terrific writer, great guy, and much-needed indigenous #OwnVoices in genre
I have some delightful news! I have just signed a new three book deal. The sixth book in the Inspector Jim Carruthers will be published 10 June 2026.
Enjoy our @HarrogateFest @TheakstonsCrime highlights feat Mick Herron @radiomukhers @valmcdermid @MarkBillingham @IrvineWelsh @imranmahmood777 @LeeChildReacher and many more: youtube.com/shorts/QvTUMiA… #crimefiction #booklover #MYSTERY #suspense #harrogate
Alan Parks begins a new historical crime series set in World War II Glasgow with Gunner. crimefictionlover.com/2025/07/gunner… What a read! Review by @Paulodaburka
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and get the latest new books, and plenty more, to your inbox each Thursday... crimefictionlover.com/subscribe/
New today - Meet debut crime fiction author @DavidSecular1 crimefictionlover.com/2025/07/meet-t… We talk to the veteran defence attorney about how life in the courts and the people he's met have inspired A Hate Crime in Brooklyn
Haven't encountered the razor-tongued Stella Blómkvist? All three mysteries are on kindle for the price of a Jack D and an ink-black espresso... And there's more @StellaBlomkv to come next year. amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFZM2BR3 @graskeggur
My report from #TheakstonsCrime is live on @CriFiLover. @HarrogateFest crimefictionlover.com/2025/07/harrog…