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Police procedurals aplenty...

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On the radar – This week’s radar has more kick to it than a double espresso, with a triple hit of police procedural topped off with a shot of edge-of-the-seat suspense. We start on the mean streets of Copenhagen and a suspicious drowning, before heading…
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Police procedurals: five of the best

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It is not surprising that the police procedural is one of the most enduring forms of crime fiction. The process by which a crime is solved, and the relationships between members of the police, and those they have with family and friends, continue to fascinate….
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Sleeping Dogs by Russ Thomas

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Sleeping Dogs is the fourth outing for DS Adam Tyler and life just keeps getting harder for the South Yorkshire detective sergeant. One way or another he’s been in trouble ever since he first appeared in Firewatching in 2020. Between his bosses and the criminals…
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Interview: Ian Moore

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On the stage, Ian Moore is a standup comedian with a witty repertoire of humorous commentary that pokes fun at all areas of life. After moving to the Loire Valley in France, he eventually naturalised as a French citizen and, spending more time away from…
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On the Radar: Puzzling cases to solve

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There are strong themes of Golden Age, cosy and puzzle mysteries in this week’s new books report, which includes works by Martin Edwards, Stephanie Austin, Maureen Jennings, Leigh Russell and JD Kirk. Most of them take us to places real and fictional in the British…
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On the Radar: A mountain awakes

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There is always something new to discover in the crime fiction genre, and that’s why we love it so much. As well as a very unusual sort of crime novel set in Iceland, which is where we start off this week, we’ve got a legal…
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