30 Best UK Crime Fiction Blogs and Websites in 2025

1. The Crime Writers' Association

Blog https://thecwa.co.uk/ + Follow Blog
The CWA promotes, supports, and celebrates crime writing, and writers of all crime fiction and non-fiction from across the globe. Find out more about how we are engaged in supporting and uplifting the Crime Fiction writing and publishing community through the articles our blog.MORE Email ****@thecwa.co.uk
Location United Kingdom
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2. Crimespree Magazine

Blog https://crimespreemag.com/ + Follow Blog
On our site, you will find a stream of Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Giveaway alerts, Character breakdowns, and a whole lot more exciting stuff about Crime Fiction. Crimespree Magazine is the go-to magazine to read if you dig crime fiction and the people who create it.MORE Facebook Followers 6.7KTwitter Followers 9.2K Domain Authority 41 Read Now Get Email Contact

3. Crime Fiction Lover

Blog https://crimefictionlover.com/ + Follow Blog
Crime Fiction Lover was set up by two journalists who love reading crime stories - everything from atmospheric noir to thriller mysteries and police procedurals. Follow our blog feed for die-hard crime and mystery fans covering hardboiled, pulp, psychological thrillers, Nordic noir, Golden Age, espionage, action, and more.MORE Facebook Followers 16.8KTwitter Followers 26.1K Domain Authority 49 Read Now Get Email Contact

4. Do You Write Under Your Own Name?

Blog http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Martin Edwards' Crime Writing Blog . I've published eighteen crime novels, most recently Gallows Court. I received the Poirot Award for my contribution to the crime genre, and have won the CWA Short Story Dagger and CWA Margery Allingham Prize.MORE Email ****@btconnect.com
Location United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 1.2KTwitter Followers 9.7KInstagram Followers 802 Domain Authority 35 Read Now Get Email Contact

5. Crime Book Junkie

Blog https://crimebookjunkie.co.uk/ + Follow Blog
In Crime Book Junkie, Noelle shares her thoughts and reviews on Crime fiction, psychological thrillers, action thrillers, horror, murder mysteries, and further Book-writing adventures. Author Noelle Holten is an award-winning blogger at www.crimebookjunkie.co.uk.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 4.5KTwitter Followers 15.7K Since May 2015 Domain Authority 33 Read Now Get Email Contact

6. SHOTS

Blog http://wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
SHOTS is a web magazine and blog exploring the annals of the Crime Fiction scene in the UK. Discover reviews of crime and thriller books, interviews, and news about various authors and their books in the latest blog updates.MORE Location United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 5.9K Domain Authority 37 Read Now Get Email Contact

7. Crime Time

Blog https://www.crimetime.co.uk/category/news/ + Follow Blog
Explore imaginative book reviews, features, and news about the best crime fiction in the UK and around the world. Crime Time is your leading source for all the updates on crime fiction in the UK.MORE Location United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 6.4K Domain Authority 46 Read Now Get Email Contact

8. Euro Crime

Blog https://eurocrime.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Euro Crime reviews the latest books and its other features include a comprehensive bibliography section, a summary of upcoming titles, author websites, details of events, links to newspaper reviews, crime fiction award results and an occasional competition.MORE Email ****@eurocrime.co.uk
Location United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 1.7KTwitter Followers 2.7K Domain Authority 38 Read Now Get Email Contact

9. Damppebbles

Blog https://damppebbles.com/ + Follow Blog
Crime fiction blog featuring reviews, author guest posts and other fabulous booky things (with the odd psychological thriller and horror novel making an appearance!) Hello. My name is Emma and damppebbles is my baby. I'm in my early forties and live in South Oxfordshire with my husband and two young children.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 1KTwitter Followers 15.2KInstagram Followers 7.9K Domain Authority 35 Read Now Get Email Contact

10. Raven Crime Reads

Blog https://ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
Have a good wander across Raven Crime Reads for reviews and crime news. The blog author with nom de plume is Raven spends all their free time reading and reviewing books across a range of genres preferably crime for many major publishers and online sites.MORE Location United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 13.5K Domain Authority 32 Read Now Get Email Contact

11. The Telegraph » Crime Fiction

Blog https://www.telegraph.co.uk/crime-fiction/ + Follow Blog
The Telegraph reviews, interviews, and covers the newest book, personalities, and writing news from the Crime Fiction genre on this page. Stay updated on UK's Crime Fiction scene with The Telegraph. Known as an award-winning, multimedia news brand, The Telegraph relentlessly reports on the events that have shaped the world, bearing witnesses to historyMORE Email ****@telegraph.co.uk
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 5.2MTwitter Followers 3.4MInstagram Followers 1.3M Domain Authority 94 Read Now Get Email Contact

12. Chapter In My Life

Blog https://chapterinmylife.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
Hi and welcome to Chapter In My Life - my blog about all things books! My name is Sharon. I am a Scottish Blogger with a particular interest and love of Scottish Crime Fiction. I read daily and on average devour 2/3 books per week (more if time permits). In particular I love Crime/thrillers/police procedurals and especially Scottish Crime FictionMORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 1.4KTwitter Followers 7.1K Since Feb 2015 Domain Authority 27 Read Now Get Email Contact

13. The Venetian Vase

Blog https://venetianvase.co.uk/tag/crime-fiction/.. + Follow Blog
The Venetian Vase started as a supporting site for two books: 100 American Crime Writers and 100 British Crime Writers. The blog is edited and maintained primarily by Steven and Chris Routledge. Read Book reviews, Interviews, and funny little strolls down the Crime Fiction lane.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 230 Domain Authority 31 Read Now Get Email Contact

14. Promoting Crime Fiction

Blog https://promotingcrime.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
From an early age I have been a lover of crime fiction. Discovering like minded people at my first crime conference at St Hilda's Oxford in 1997, I was delighted when asked to join a new group for the promotion of female crime writers. In 1998 I took over the running of the group, which I did for the next thirteen years.MORE Email ****@yahoo.com
Location United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 541 Domain Authority 25 Read Now Get Email Contact

15. Crime Review

Blog https://www.crimereview.co.uk/latest_reviews.php + Follow Blog
Find well-written, thoughtful, and honest reviews from a team of reviewers who love the genre passionately and who have been given free rein to review honestly and constructively. Crime Review is an independent review site that deals with crime fiction, thrillers, historicals, and selected urban fantasy, science fiction, and horror.MORE Email ****@crimereview.co.uk
Location Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 4.8K Domain Authority 31 Read Now Get Email Contact

16. Cross Examining Crime

Blog https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
On this blog, Crossing Examining Crime, I plan to mainly review crime fiction. I also enjoy reading translated crime fiction. I will primarily be reviewing books, but occasionally I will comment on films, TV series and theatre productions. I also write articles for CADs (Crime and Detective Stories) magazine and Mystery Scene Magazine.MORE Email ****@aol.com
Location England, United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 1.5K Domain Authority 30 Read Now Get Email Contact

17. Crime Worm

Blog https://crimeworm.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
Crime Worm is author and blogger Linda Boa's outlet for news and book reviews. She particularly likes to support Scottish crime writers, small imprints, and new authors, although she enjoys high-profile books too. She also writes about Irish crime fiction and feels there are many great Irish writers working at the moment.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location Scotland, United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 4Twitter Followers 2.6K Domain Authority 16 Read Now Get Email Contact

18. JOFFE BOOKS Blog

Blog https://joffebooks.com/blog-1 + Follow Blog
Read all updates, contest results, acquisition news, and other official announcements and other news from Joffe Book in this feed. Founded in 2014, Joffe Books is one UK's largest leading Crime Fiction publishers with a reputation for crafting great books for readers, long-term relationships with authors and agents, and fleet-footed marketing.MORE Email ****@joffebooks.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 41.7KTwitter Followers 4.8KInstagram Followers 13.7K Domain Authority 27 Read Now Get Email Contact

19. The Invisible Event

Blog https://theinvisibleevent.com/ + Follow Blog
The Invisible Event is my attempt at compiling all that i have to say about Crime Fiction books and authors. Hi, I'm Jim Noy and I love to read classic crime fiction. I'll usually try most things from the Agatha Christie era and will commit to definitely reading something if it features an impossible crime.MORE Location London, England, United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 633 Domain Authority 18 Read Now Get Email Contact

20. A Crime Readers Blog

Blog https://acrimereadersblog.com/ + Follow Blog
This blog started as a challenge to read as many books as I could by authors who were appearing at the Harrogate Crime Writers Festival. Once that was over I realised that I enjoyed writing this blog nearly as much as the actual reading, so have kept it going.MORE Email ****@yahoo.co.uk
Location United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 9.8KInstagram Followers 236 Domain Authority 21 Read Now Get Email Contact

21. Cath Staincliffe Blog

Blog http://www.cathstaincliffe.co.uk/category/blog/ + Follow Blog
Cath is also a scriptwriter, creator of ITV's hit police drama, Blue Murder, starring Caroline Quentin, which has sold worldwide in places as diverse as Fiji, Iceland and Yemen. Cath is writing a series of stand-alone novels where ordinary families find themselves caught up in extraordinary events. Cath is a founder member of Murder Squad, a virtual collective of northern crime writers.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 4.8K Domain Authority 28 Read Now Get Email Contact

22. The Girl With All The Crime Books » UK

Blog https://crimebookgirl.com/category/uk/ + Follow Blog
Read probing, critical reviews of the UK's latest Crime Fiction thrillers on the shelf brought to you by TGWATCB. The Girl With All The Crime Books is an independent little space in the online crime fiction world for other fans who want to share their thoughts about books, authors, and festivals celebrating the genre.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 2.2K Domain Authority 8 Read Now Get Email Contact

23. Buried Under Books » Crime Fiction

Blog https://buriedunderbooks.co.uk/category/book-.. + Follow Blog
Browse and enjoy sound, crispy Book reviews under the Crime category. Buried Under Books is written by Emma Hamilton. She is a stay-at-home mum, book reviewer, and former English teacher whose bookshelves threaten to collapse under the weight of her ever-growing TBR pile.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 57Twitter Followers 405 Domain Authority 17 Read Now Get Email Contact

24. CHRISTINE POULSON

Blog https://www.christinepoulson.co.uk/a-reading-.. + Follow Blog
The Reading Life blog depicts thoughts and opinions from Crime writer Christine Poulson on reading, writing, and all things literary. Christine writes, reviews, and recommends some splendid reads through her reading list and also shares updates about her personal writing projects.MORE Email ****@christinepoulson.co.uk
Location North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Twitter Followers 1.5K Since Oct 2006 Domain Authority 22 Read Now Get Email Contact

25. Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer

Blog http://chrislongmuir.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Chris Longmuir is a published Crime Writer who has written short stories and historical articles which have been published in the UK and the US. She writes about her upcoming novels, progress, thoughts on the developing Crime Fiction scene, and her hobby of building computers in her spare time.MORE Domain Authority 22 Read Now Get Email Contact

26. The Reading Project » Crime

Blog https://thereadingproject.co.uk/category/fict.. + Follow Blog
Catch new Crime Fiction book reviews, reading recommendations, and personal opinions from Jo Casebourne. The Reading Project is a book blog and personal site by writer Jo Casebourne. She likes to share about the books she likes and reads, her work, and other aspects of her life.MORE Domain Authority 12 Read Now Get Email Contact

27. The Crime Writers' Association

Blog https://thecwa.co.uk/news/ + Follow Blog
For all lovers of crime fiction and non-fiction. Books, events, and news from authors of the Crime Writers' Association. The Crime Readers' Association offers a unique perspective on the largest community of crime writers in the world: the Crime Writers' Association.MORE Email ****@thecra.co.uk
Location United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 8KTwitter Followers 20.5K Since Feb 2013 Domain Authority 54 Read Now Get Email Contact

28. The Turnaround Blog » Crime Fiction

Blog https://theturnaroundblog.com/category/fictio.. + Follow Blog
Turnaround has been distributing books in the UK and overseas since 1984, and as you can imagine, everyone who works here is a veritable book-nut. The Turnaround Blog is our place to share all this with you. Whether you're a bookseller, reviewer or a general book lover, stick around for regular book content on both brand-new releases and hidden gems. Keep up to date with the latest in crime genre, authors, popular books and more!MORE Location London, England, United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 922Twitter Followers 5.2KInstagram Followers 2.8K Domain Authority 28 Read Now Get Email Contact

29. COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY

Blog http://col2910.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY by user blogger Cols2910 documents in an assorted manner, a row of literary critiques of the newest Crime Fiction releases offering deep, probing commentary on many titles and authors. Read the newest blog to learn more.MORE Domain Authority 28 Read Now Get Email Contact

30. Steph Broadribb

Blog https://stephbroadribb.com/ + Follow Blog
Crime Thriller Girl leads a double life: I'm a thriller writer, writing as Steph Broadribb and Stephanie Marland and an avid reader of all things crime thriller. My blog is about books and being a writer, and I love to connect with people who share a passion for crime thrillers too.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Facebook Followers 814Twitter Followers 11.4K Since Jul 2012 Domain Authority 1 Read Now Get Email Contact