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Speak up for crime fiction

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On the Radar — This week, our new books column starts off with a book that looks very interesting – and although it’s called The Whisper Man, it could be one of the novels that makes the most noise this summer. It’s one of five…
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Council

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Written by Snorri Kristjansson — This author started off his writing career with the Valhalla saga, a series of Viking fantasy novels. The Helga Finssdottir series is also set in Viking times, around end of the 10th century and is full of subterfuge, pig-headed men…
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9 reasons to check out Bosch season 5

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Michael Connelly’s Hieronymus ‘Harry’ Bosch has been a top pick for crime readers for over 25 years, and has found even more fans thanks to Amazon Studios’ streaming adaptation of the series, which first launched in 2014. Season five premiered last month and watching it…
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The Divinities

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Written by Parker Bilal — With The Divinities, Parker Bilal starts a new police procedural series involving the interesting duo of Calil Drake, a detective with the Metropolitan Police in London, and Iranian-born forensic psychologist Dr Rayhana Crane. When a ton of rocks crushes a…
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Wolves at doors, bodies in wells...

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On the Radar — There are delectable treats for crime fiction lovers from start to finish in this week’s new books column. We’ll start you off with some Nordic noir and the latest Varg Veum novel by Gunnar Staalesen, then take a dipsy doodle through…
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The Never Game

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Written by Jeffery Deaver — He’s taken on new technology before in the likes of The Blue Nowhere, Roadside Crosses and The Steel Kiss, now Jeffery Deaver turns his attention to the cut-throat world of computer gaming – to explosive effect. The Never Game introduces…
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This Storm

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Written by James Ellroy — In this follow-up to 2014’s somewhat overlong Perfidia, the author moves his story about the Irish cop Dudley Smith on a few weeks to the early months of 1942. The action, while set predominantly in Los Angeles, is extended to…
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