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The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021

By Vicki Weisfeld

19 October, 2021

Edited by Steph Cha and Alafair Burke — Short mystery/crime fiction lovers in the United States have been more than a little curious to see what changes might be made in this annual series since publisher HarperCollins yanked the project from long-time series editor Otto…

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12 chilling crime reads for Halloween 2021

By crimefictionlover

18 October, 2021

Why do we love crime fiction? Maybe one of the reasons is that it’s the genre where the monsters seem real – well, they don’t rely on magic, spells or supernatural powers to carry out their work. Usually it’s very human stuff. Or inhuman, in…

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Ann Cleeves' Devon mystery The Long Call comes to ITV

By DeathBecomesHer

18 October, 2021

Her Vera and Shetland books have already been transformed into successful TV drama series – now Ann Cleeves’ DI Matthew Venn is about to hit the small screen. The Long Call, based on the opening book of the North Devon-based mystery series, is the inspiration…

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Riccardino by Andrea Camilleri

By Paul Burke

15 October, 2021

Translated by Stephen Sartarelli — The publication of the Inspector Montalbano stories in English spans nearly two decades so it’s no wonder we have formed such an attachment to the irascible but brilliant detective. Now, however, the curtain is about to fall and we must…

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On the Radar: From the edge to apocalypse noir

By DeathBecomesHer

15 October, 2021

The reason crime fiction is so popular is that it gives you the opportunity to view the world in so many different ways – with an intriguing crime of some sort or another at the centre of things. Our new books column this week reflects…

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Paris Police 1900 – the dark and dangerous French crime drama

By crimefictionlover

14 October, 2021

For anyone who loves historical crime fiction, Paris Police 1900 is a sensory treat with an intriguing and often terrifying story at its heart. Airing through October 2021 on Saturday evenings on BBC Four, it’s packed with period accuracy, political finagling, brutal violence, mystery and…

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The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

By Paul Burke

12 October, 2021

The Canadian Astronaut who brought us Space Oddity while on a space odyssey now delivers a grand space opera. The Apollo Murders is an accomplished debut novel, an original and engrossing Cold War space race thriller. Set in 1973, with the confrontation between the US…

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These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac

By Erin Britton

11 October, 2021

First published in 1937, the same year that ECR Lorac was elected a member of the prestigious Detection Club, These Names Make Clues is a cerebral detective story that is perhaps the most in keeping of all Lorac’s books with the conventions of the Golden…

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The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021

12 chilling crime reads for Halloween 2021

Ann Cleeves' Devon mystery The Long Call comes to ITV

Riccardino by Andrea Camilleri

On the Radar: From the edge to apocalypse noir

Paris Police 1900 – the dark and dangerous French crime drama

The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac

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