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Interview: Adrian Magson

Adrian Magson is known for his Gavin and Palmer series of crime novels, all of which have titles starting with the word ‘no’. There’s No Sleep for the Dead, No Help for the Dying and, yes, No Peace for the Wicked. Luckily, when we asked…
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I Hate Hockey

Written by François Barcelo, translated by Peter McCambridge — The National Hockey League season was supposed to begin last week. However the puck won’t be dropping, teeth won’t be loosened, and nobody’s getting slammed into the boards just yet. A dispute is raging over revenue,…
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Private Games

Written by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan — James Patterson is one of the most popular crime fiction authors, his books selling an estimated 260 million copies worldwide. He’s probably most famous for his top-selling detective series featuring Alex Cross. However, he has several other…
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Father Christmas investigates

On the radar – It’s Super Thursday – today is traditionally the day when publishers release the books they hope will vie for a position on the Christmas bestseller’s chart. Two books crime thrillers hoping to make that sales list this year are Lee Child’s…
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The Bat

Written by Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett — Did you read the last Harry Hole book, Phantom? If you did you’ll know that the character’s future is a little ambiguous. We’re not going to spoil things, but it’s no surprise that here, instead of…
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WIN Harlan Coben's Seconds Away

American author Harlan Coben has a true talent for penning page-turning crime thrillers. Here on Crime Fiction Lover a couple of our favourites include the standalone novels Just One Look and Tell No One, which featured one of the baddest badman found in the genre…
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Ghost in the Machine

Written by Ed James — In a budget Edinburgh hotel young divorcee Caroline Adamson nervously awaits Martin Webb, whom she has met on the social networking site Schoolbook. A couple of days later, when she has not returned to collect her young son, she is…
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Live by Night

Written by Dennis Lehane — Live By Night is the second book in a trilogy in which Lehane is exploring mid-20th century America. The first, The Given Day, was published to great acclaim in 2008, and fans have been looking forward to Live by Night…
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