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Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quartey

8 February, 2021

The butler did it. Or in this case, the chauffeur. Well, at least that’s who the Ghana police pin it on when renowned fashion designer, Lady Araba, is found bludgeoned to death in her luxury villa in a gated estate in Trasacco Valley – the…

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On the Radar: Your source for crime fiction news

By crimefictionlover

5 February, 2021

One thing we’ve noticed over the past nine years since we started Crime Fiction Lover is that publishing schedules vary quite a bit. Some weeks, the big publishing companies go head to head with their leading writers – a battle royale of bloodletting, so to…

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Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 February, 2021

Translated by Rachel Ward — German crime fiction is a hit with our readers at the moment. We know this because thousands of readers have been checking in over the last month to read about the television series The Nordic Murders, plus our feature on…

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Deutschland 89: Germany's hit espionage show to conclude on More4

By crimefictionlover

3 February, 2021

After Deutschland 83 and Deutschland 86, we’ll go behind the Berlin Wall one last time as the third and final season – you guessed it, Deutschland 89 – arrives on More4 and the Channel 4 video-on-demand service Walter Presents. The show will air weekly in…

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Repentance by Eloísa Díaz

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 February, 2021

Eloísa Díaz’s riveting new political thriller, Repentance, takes place during two tumultuous periods in Argentina’s history. The present-day of the story is December 2001, when riots in Buenos Aires and elsewhere will lead to the resignation of the country’s president. These disturbances were the culmination…

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An Eye for an Eye by Carol Wyer

By DeathBecomesHer

1 February, 2021

Over the past few years, Carol Wyer has made quite a name for herself as an author of crime fiction series. First came DI Robyn Carter, followed by DI Natalie Ward. Now let’s welcome a third member to the group, DI Kate Young. As An…

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On the Radar: The Night Hawks, and more...

By crimefictionlover

29 January, 2021

This week our books news column brings you five new crime novels, with murder after murder stacking up for our protagonists to solve, usually while evading death themselves. Our lead is The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths, who is hugely popular in the UK. We’ve…

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Danish crime show Deliver Us arrives on Channel 4 and All 4

By crimefictionlover

27 January, 2021

In most crime dramas, the bad guy kills the victim and then the good guys try to identify and catch the bad guy. Or girl. Deliver Us is a 2019 Scandinavian crime show that mixes things up a bit. In a small community in rural…

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Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quartey

On the Radar: Your source for crime fiction news

Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz

Deutschland 89: Germany's hit espionage show to conclude on More4

Repentance by Eloísa Díaz

An Eye for an Eye by Carol Wyer

On the Radar: The Night Hawks, and more...

Danish crime show Deliver Us arrives on Channel 4 and All 4

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