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Best crime show of 2021 shortlist

29 November, 2021

The past year has seen a wealth of tempting and binge-worthy crime viewing that helped many a crime fiction lover make it through. Here’s our shortlist for the first ever Best Crime Fiction Show Award. Time to get voting! Did your favourite make the cut?…

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Fear No Evil by James Patterson

By Paul Burke

26 November, 2021

Fear No Evil is the 29th Dr Alex Cross mystery and as you’d expect from the thrill-meister James Patterson it’s a fast-paced, twisty adventure with a rip-roaring ending. Opening with torture and murder in the nooks and crannies of the Washington spy world, it leads to…

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On the Radar: Back to the golden age, in Japan

By crimefictionlover

26 November, 2021

This week we have all the bases covered in On the Radar. A Japanese take on golden age classics, a high octane spy adventure, top gonzo noir, a psychological thriller and a police procedural, a touch of humour and a glimpse of the dark side….

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Best indie crime novel of 2021 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

25 November, 2021

We know that lockdown hit the small independent publishers very hard, so it’s a great pleasure to bring you the shortlisted titles in our Best Indie Novel category, in the 2021 Crime Fiction Lover Awards. Have you read any of these? Vote for your favourite…

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Turf Wars by Olivier Norek

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

24 November, 2021

Translated by Nick Caistor — It’s been almost a year since we’ve reviewed the first of Olivier Norek’s The Lost and the Damned. The French author’s debut in English was one of our top crime fiction novels of 2020. The question is can he match…

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Best crime novel in translation 2021 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

23 November, 2021

In our first ever – and hopefully annual – Crime Fiction Lover Awards, we bring you our shortlist for the Best Crime Novel in Translation for 2021. Have you read any of them? Which one is best? Have your say by voting via our online…

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The Crystal Crypt by Fiona Veitch Smith

By Erin Britton

22 November, 2021

The Crystal Crypt marks the sixth investigative outing for reporter and amateur sleuth Poppy Denby. It’s a story that sees the sins of the past come back to haunt her, with former friends and foes resurfacing to destabilise her professional life at just the same…

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KGB Banker by William Burton McCormick and John Christmas

By Vicki Weisfeld

21 November, 2021

This financial thriller by William Burton McCormick and John Christmas was inspired partly by the real-life experiences of whistleblower Christmas, who worked for a corrupt Latvian bank. The bank collapsed, information about its billions in bad assets was suppressed, and the Latvian government covered its…

Crime Fiction Lover

Best crime show of 2021 shortlist

Fear No Evil by James Patterson

On the Radar: Back to the golden age, in Japan

Best indie crime novel of 2021 shortlist

Turf Wars by Olivier Norek

Best crime novel in translation 2021 shortlist

The Crystal Crypt by Fiona Veitch Smith

KGB Banker by William Burton McCormick and John Christmas

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