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Modesty Blaise is back

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The 1960s crime-fighting icon Modesty Blaise is making her return as this December BBC Radio 4 will be serialising the Peter O’Donnell novel A Taste for Death. Daphne Alexander will be voicing the character in a story that sees Blaise and her partner facing up…
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The Gingerbread House

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Written by Carin Gerhardson — This book is the first in an intended series of crime thrillers set in the Stockholm district of Hammarby. The publisher and the editing team previously brought us Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. Here, Hammarby’s Violent Crimes Unit is headed by…
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The Daggers 2012

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Who would you give a crime writing dagger to this year? Last night Grosvenor House in London hosted a dinner and awards ceremony for The Crime Writers’ Association and the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, which saw the awarding of three of the CWA’s prestigious…
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Welcome to fascist Britain... and more!

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On the Radar- This week’s new books report focuses in on four very different books that share the same release date – 25 October. And there’s a fascinating range of concepts in this week’s selection, starting in 1952 with a vision of what life could…
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Death's Door

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Written by James R Benn — Death’s Door is the seventh title in the Billy Boyle World War II Mystery series. Don’t be put off reading this book if you’re not familiar with the previous ones, though – each story is an adventure which stands…
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WIN Killer Move by Michael Marshall

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On the lookout for a thriller that will keep you gripped from page one? Michael Marshall is the author behind Killer Move, released this month as a paperback by Orion. To celebrate, the publisher is offering readers of Crime Fiction Lover the chance to win…
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Ugly Behavior

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Written by Steve Rasnic Tem — Having been compared to great authors such as Franz Kafka, Ray Bradbury and Raymond Carver, Steve Rasnic Tem is a prize-winning writer mainly known for his short fiction. Working mostly in horror and dark fantasy, this is his first…
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Beluga

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Written by Rick Gavin — Following on from his first novel, Ranchero, Rick Gavin’s Beluga features former detective Nick Reid and his quiet-but-tough partner Desmond. The duo have decided to invest a little of their ill-gotten gains in a scheme to buy a load of…
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