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Alive

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Written by Loren D Estleman — For many years Estleman has alternated between writing Westerns and writing his Amos Walker novels. We reviewed the most recent of the latter, Burning Midnight, last year. More recently he has started a new series about the ‘film detective’…
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Stephen King's Joyland & the popcorn girls

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Hard Case Crime and Titan Books are getting right behind the print launch of Stephen King’s upcoming pulp crime release, Joyland. To promote the book, the publishers have assembled a troupe of ‘Hollywood Girls’ who’ll be appearing in the green outfits worn by the covergirl…
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Lucy in the sky with Rawlins

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On the radar — Yes, Easy Rawlins is back, from that master of LA crime fiction Walter Mosley, and this time the story even involves an acid trip. But that’s not all, among the new books this week is one about the case of a hot…
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City of Blood

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Written by MD Villiers — South Africa – real life there can be so brutal that for some the country hardly needs crime fiction. Yet in this milieu of racial tension, huge divisions between rich and poor, widespread substance abuse and often mindless violence, crime authors…
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Australian noir: seven of the best

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There have been a few articles recently about noir fiction making a come back. Leaving aside the questions about whether it ever really went away, it does seem to be a great time to be writing in the noir vein, particularly if you live in…
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French noir dinner in London: 33% off

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If you’re a crime fiction lover and you’ll be in London tomorrow evening, Hardy’s Brasserie has a last minute offer for you. The restaurant is holding an evening of French noir, along with a full menu to match, and you can get £15 off the…
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Six Years

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Written by Harlan Coben — Let’s face it, Harlan Coben has done just about everything an American crime author can do. His Myron Bolitar novels, in which an ex-basketball player solves crimes, won the author Edgar, Anthony and Shamus awards in the 1990s. Out of…
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