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The CWA's 2013 Dagger Awards

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Last night saw the UK’s Crime Writers’ Association celebrating its 60th anniversary, and six of its envied Dagger Awards were given out. It’s fitting that on Bastille Day, two French authors shared the International Dagger Award – Pierre Lemaitre (pictured) for Alex, and Fred Vargas…
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The Executioner's Heart

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Written by George Mann — The Executioner’s Heart sees George Mann return to the Victorian London he so ably depicted in The Affinity Bridge, The Immorality Engine, and The Osiris Ritual, which formed the first three books in the Newbury & Hobbes series. It’s an…
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Interview: George Mann

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History, horror, fantasy and mystery. It’s Victorian crime fiction but not as we know it in the books of George Mann. Released today, The Executioner’s Heart is the fourth in his Newbury & Hobbes series. In it, there’s a seriel killer stalking the streets of…
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Joyland

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Written by Stephen King — When Charles Ardai and Max Allan Collins started up Hard Case Crime with the intention of reviving the paperback original crime novel with the painted cover, they wrote to Stephen King. The famous horror author had previously expressed his love…
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