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On the Radar: Give the gift of crime

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With Christmas nearly here, we wish all our readers a happy holiday season. And if you’re stuck for what to buy somebody, why not give the gift of crime? There are some great mystery suggestions among our 2024 award winners, and each of our contributors…
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On the Radar: New Chris Hammer and more

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Leading our news report this week is Australian author Chris Hammer, with the UK and US publication of his latest novel, The Broken River, set in the gold fields of the Outback. We’ve also got cosy crime fiction, some new rural noir from the US,…
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On the Radar: Ms Tree and suspense

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December is here, and while everyone else seems focused on Christmas trees and the holiday season, we’re getting ready for Ms Tree in a new collection from Max Allan Collins. And this week’s On the Radar brings glad tidings of murder and misdeeds aplenty in…
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Best crime author of 2024 shortlist

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Crime Fiction Lover readers are discerning people, and they nominated a whole range of authors for this award. Our shortlist brings it down to six who have published excellent novels in 2024. Each is worthy of the Best Crime Author accolade in our 2024 awards,…
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Best crime show of 2024 shortlist

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Just like you, when we’re not reading crime novels, we’re often found watching crime shows on TV. Here on the site we regularly feature new series – in particular, overseas crime shows that don’t get much coverage anywhere else. That hasn’t skewed our shortlists though….
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On the Radar: It's farewell, Peter Diamond

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It’s a bittersweet moment for fans of British police procedurals will as Peter Lovesey’s Bath-based detective Peter Diamond hands in his badge. Plus, our news report brings you murder at a wedding, murder under the Arctic ice, murder in 16th century Italy and a fine-looking…
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Interview: Craig Terlson

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As we saw in Three Minute Hero, reluctant investigator Luke Fischer is a bit of a wayward soul, who has emerged from the Canadian prairies to fight crime across North America – sometimes through the bottom of a beer glass – all described in Craig…
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