Beth Reads Crime
🔍 Crime, mystery & thriller book recs
🏆 UK Book Blogger Awards 2024 finalist
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📍 Harrogate, UK
- Who is heading to the Theakston Crime Writing Festival this year? It's my local in Harrogate. Let me know if you're there to say hello and please feel free to invite me to parties! 🤣 Side note: Shall I bring Daisy 🐶 to the beer tent at some point?
- Reposted by Beth Reads CrimeIt's Bee Lady Day, in tribute to Hull’s cherished Jean Bishop, with the goal of raising an additional £100,000 to support older people in our community who are facing struggles. Find out more here! ageuk.org.uk/hull/activit...
- Watership Down. This got read to me waaaay too young 😅
- Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang review. A sharp, cynical and dark satire of influencer culture!
- Thanks so much @holly.bsky.social for sending me over a copy of 59 Minutes from your Bluesky competition! Out on the 25th September 2025. Looking forward to reading! ♥️⏳
- Been camping with no signal! I finished The Perfect Divorce ready for a book tour spot on the 11th, Julie Chan is Dead, I'm about halfway through The Revenge Plot and also read more of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls #booksky
- From cults to quizzes and cosy crimes – I’ve ranked every Janice Hallett book so far. Mixed media mysteries, five-star reads… but which one came out on top?
- An unforgettable day in Nottingham for Grady Hendrix’s witchy, hilarious event – cried laughing, got my books signed and totally worth the 6+ hours of travel! 🖤✨ #authorevent #GradyHendrix
- Review: A twist-filled thriller with unreliable narrators – Gone sparked plenty of discussion in our Thrills & Chills book club!
- During our morning dog walk we came across lots of people enjoying a Laurel and Hardy performance in the park, donned in fez's and leis and dancing along. So cute! Turns out there's a fan conference in town www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Review: @janicehallett.bsky.social's The Killer Question is a brilliantly twisty, cosy crime told through clever mixed media. Quizzes, charming pubs and classic Hallett twists – this is her best yet! Thank you so much to @viperbooks.bsky.social for the ARC 🍺 bethreadscrime.com/2025/05/03/t...
- I normally put some TV on whilst cooking. I've got on The Honesty Box and they're voting which box they want to open to reveal if a statements/secrets is true/false. It's giving A Game of Lies vibes! @claremackwrites.bsky.social. Needs more Dave the dog though for sure.
- A roundup of the latest Kobo store deals. What will you be picking up?
- I can't believe April is over already. We are absolutely whizzing through this year. I read and reviewed 8 books this month. Here's my blog post recap: bethreadscrime.com/2025/04/30/a...
- Gritty, atmospheric and steeped in Southern tension – Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey brings swamps and secrets to life. A slow-burning mystery with a strong sense of place.
- Today is my turn on the Insta Books Tours for Emily Freud's newest thriller, The Cliffhanger!
- Today is my turn on the Random Things Tours for Human Remains, the third book and latest entry in Jo Callaghan's Kat and Lock series. Here's my review.
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- The Secret Room, book 12 in Jane Casey's Maeve Kerrigan series is releasing next week. I was lucky enough to receive a proof and here is what I thought.
- Happy Easter everyone! Here is a throwback to 3 years ago when I won this amazing Easter package from Chuck Palahniuk ❤️🐣🐰
- Happy Easter everyone! Here is a throwback to 3 years ago when I won this amazing Easter package from Chuck Palahniuk ❤️🐣🐰
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- This sounds amazing! Whilst I don't usually read fantasy, I grew up playing point-and-click games and the Discworld ones were some of my favourites! An amazing world that would translate so well as a graphic novel.
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- I was SO excited when I found out @viperbooks.bsky.social would be sending me a proof of @janicehallett.bsky.social's The Killer Question. I was even happier when I saw the postie deliver this box 👀 Had to take it to a brewery 😂 Thank you Viper!
- The 20th Roy Grace book has recently come out in paperback and FMcM kindly sent me over a copy to take part in an online tour! Here's how I got on.
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- People Pleaser is the debut murder mystery thriller from Catriona Stewart. Described as Love Island meets White Locus. Click here for my book review!
- Yesterday we had another fab Yorkshire Reads meet up! This time we headed to Harrogate for bookshops, food and creating our own bookmarks, Click here to read more.
- Happy Publication Day to Burn After Reading, The Midnight King, This is Not a Game, All The Other Mothers Hate Men and The Other People!
- Reposted by Beth Reads CrimeThe unforgettable Eddie Flynn is back... 📚🚨 Pre-order #TwoKindsOfStranger, the unmissable new novel from bestselling author @stevecavanagh.bsky.social, now! Coming this July 👏 linktr.ee/TwoKindsofSt...
- Resharing author Louise Beech's blog on attending book groups. We had so much fun during our Yorkshire Reads meet in Beverley in March!
- Book Review: The Midnight King by Tariq Ashkanani – A Chilling Serial Killer Thriller A chilling, layered thriller. The Midnight King blends dark family history with a sinister manuscript that might just be the final confession of a killer!
- Book Review: I Make My Own Fun – the debut novel from Hannah Beer I loved watching this story unravel. A darkly fun take on celebrity culture and obsession < 3 Read my full thoughts here.
- I thought I was an organised person but this campsite does pizzas... and the couple next to us in the bar just brought in their own coleslaw and garlic dip to go with the pizzas 😅
- Camping and my current read! ☀️ Stopped off on the way for cheese and can't wait to make a board up later!
- Callie Kazumi and Hannah Beer discuss their debuts at Criminally Good Books I headed to independent bookshop Criminally Good Books in York to listen to Callie Kazumi and Hannah Beer discuss their debut thrillers.
- March 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: 9 Books Reviewed! It's that time again! Here is a look back at all the different crime fiction, thrillers and even a gothic horror that I read in March!
- Play With Fire by T. M Payne Book Review Wow! From the get-go, Play With Fire grabs you by the collar and doesn't let go. The prologue was SO good. Read the rest of my spoiler-free review here.
- Tess Gerritsen and Yorkshire Reads Book Event Wow! What another fantastic Yorkshire Reads meet up. This time we were lucky enough to be joined by internationally best selling author, Tess Gerritsen, Click here to find out more.
