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The Bleiberg Project

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Written by David Khara — You might have heard of The Bleiberg Project already – it’s the debut novel, now translated into English by Le French Book, by French writer David Khara. We interviewed the author a couple of weeks ago and he told us…
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Crocodile Tears

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Written by Mark O’Sullivan — He has already won acclaim for his children’s literature, now Mark O’Sullivan has set his sights on crime fiction, and a very promising debut it is too. Set in the harsh winter of 2010, Crocodile Tears finds southern Ireland in…
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Features

Top 20 songs for crime fiction lovers

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Many a contemporary crime fiction novel rocks along to a certain soundtrack – authors often use them to engage the reader a little more and bring in some touch points from modern culture to embellish their twisted plotlines. So we thought we’d put together a…
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Penance

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Written by Dan O’Shea — Penance is a big, ambitious, sprawling novel set in Chicago 1971, and the present day. It’s so big, in fact, that it begins with a character listing – and let me tell you, I was grateful for that. It’s also…
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Scare Me

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Written by Richard Parker — This book starts out with a very promising, intriguing premise. Will Frost is a successful, if somewhat overworked businessman. He is the CEO of an international pipeline company, owner of a beautiful country home just outside London, and is a devoted…
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Love Story, With Murders

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Last year our contributor David Prestidge raved about Harry Bingham’s Talking to the Dead and, in fact, it was his favourite crime read of 2012. Well, Bingham is back and his new book has a great title – Love Story, With Murder. The lead detective…
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Original Skin

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Written by David Mark — The Dark Winter proved a best-selling debut for David Mark, grabbed a four-star review when we looked at it during New Talent November, and was on my top five crime reads of 2012. So this up and coming author had…
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