2020

On the Radar: Lethal Voyage or smooth sailing?

13 November, 2020

If you love crime fiction and need to take a mental break from the pandemic and politics, then you’ve come to the right place. This week we’ll start off with a mystery on a cruise ship care of author Kevin Chapman, and also introduce you…

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One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski

By Vicki Weisfeld

11 November, 2020

In Tara Laskowski’s award-winning suspense novel One Night Gone, two women who have never met and never will meet, women of different ages with seemingly nothing in common, have unexpected and consequential connections after all. At the end of the summer of 1986, a teenager…

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The Valhalla Murders: New Icelandic crime show comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

10 November, 2020

On Saturday 21 November at 9pm, Crime Fiction Lovers in the UK will be able to tune in to BBC Four to watch The Valhalla Murders – the most talked about Icelandic TV show since Trapped. The setting is dark and snowy, and things get…

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The Sentinel by Lee and Andrew Child

By RoughJustice

8 November, 2020

Lee Child’s decision to share writing duties with his younger brother Andrew could have been a big risk. Jack Reacher is an established favourite in the world of crime fiction, having appeared in 24 previous books as well as a feature film starring Tom Cruise….

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On the Radar: When the prey becomes the predator

By crimefictionlover

6 November, 2020

A new COVID lockdown has begun in the UK, but to keep your mind nimble we’ve got five new crime novels – each with its own distinctive flavour of crime fiction. This week, we start things off with a fast-moving thriller about a magazine editor…

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The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

4 November, 2020

Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller has featured in six books in his own right and made guest appearances in other Michael Connelly novels – most notably the Harry Bosch series (Haller and Bosch are half brothers). But what makes The Law of Innocence so different from…

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All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

By Catherine Turnbull

3 November, 2020

Like this book’s author, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is revisiting Paris – a place that haunts him with shadows of the past – from his home near Montréal in Canada. He’s in the City of Light with his wife Reine-Marie, son and daughter, and their spouses…

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Ngaio Marsh Awards 2020 reward debutante New Zealand crime authors

By crimefictionlover

2 November, 2020

Britain has the Daggers, Canada the Arthur Ellis Awards, Australia the Ned Kellys and for the best New Zealand novels there are the Ngaio Marsh Awards. The 2020 winners have just been announced, and both awards have been won by debut crime novelists. The Ngaio…

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On the Radar: Lethal Voyage or smooth sailing?

One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski

The Valhalla Murders: New Icelandic crime show comes to BBC Four

The Sentinel by Lee and Andrew Child

On the Radar: When the prey becomes the predator

The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly

All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

Ngaio Marsh Awards 2020 reward debutante New Zealand crime authors

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