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Charity short story competition

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Britain’s Next Bestseller has teamed up with Scriggler.com to launch a new short story competition for aspiring crime writers. It opened today and runs until 31 January 2015, and they’re looking for 10 fantastic crime stories to fill a charity anthology. Stories need to be…
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PD James (1920-2014) remembered

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No one was surprised at the outpouring of emotions and tributes following the sad passing of Baroness PD James last week. Over the course of five decades she had burrowed herself into our hearts and minds with her complex and subtle crime novels. She is…
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A Thief in the Night by Stephen Wade

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Or to give it its full title, A Thief in the Night And Other Adventures of the Septimus Society. By day, Stephen Wade, is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at the University of Hull. He’s also a freelance writer and historian, specialising in crime…
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NTN: Ed Kurtz interviewed

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Today we talk to Ed Kurtz, whose novels The Forty-Two, Freight and Angel of the Abyss, represent some of the best indie crime fiction written this year. We’ve reviewed the latter two recently on the site and they both scored five stars. Kurtz’s stories combine…
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