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NTN: Women to watch in 2013

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The female of the species is far deadlier than the male, they say, and this could indeed be the case when it comes to crime authors. Every year you’ll find a plethora of strong debuts by women writers in the genre, and for New Talent…
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Classics make a comeback

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On the Radar – This week’s books news starts with two previously unpublished novellas by hardboiled noir writer Dashiell Hammett, followed by a sneak peek at the early years of the classic detective Nero Wolfe who was originally written by Rex Stout. Then we head…
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NTN: Tequila Sunset

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Written by Sam Hawken — First off, let’s just point out that Sam Hawken’s second novel has a fantastic cover. This folk art-style treatment of a Dia de los Muertos skull is striking, not least of all because of its impressive gold foil teeth (which…
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New Talent November 2012

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Welcome to New Talent November 2012, during which Crime Fiction Lover will be celebrating some of the rising stars of the genre. We’ve planned an extensive schedule of reviews, interviews and feature articles that might well have your bookshelf bulging, your Kindle smiling and your…
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Book Club

Only One Life

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“Louise Rick is back and she finds herself on temporary reassignment to the Unit One Mobile Task Force. When a fisherman discovers the body of a young immigrant girl floating in a cove just north of the Danish town of Holbæk, the mobile task force…
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Harry Hole is not dead!

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Were you left confused and befuddled by the ending of Phantom, the latest Harry Hole novel by Jo Nesbo? It ends rather ambiguously, with more than a hint that it might be the last Harry Hole novel. Well, fans of the series can rejoice because…
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Killing Daniel

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Written by Sarah Dobbs — This book starts off with a bang – one of the most gripping opening chapters I’ve read in a while. It captures perfectly that sense of nightmare-ish unease and fear which the two main protagonists experience throughout the book. Dark,…
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