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Japanese crime fiction: Six of the best

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The Japanese love to read. A combination of near-universal literacy and long commute times means that you’re likely to see trains full of everyone from high school students to company owners with an open manga, paperback or kindle. This, coupled with a less clear distinction…
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Hello, is that Vlad? Vlad the Inhaler?

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On the Radar — Missing girls, dead children, serial killers, the broken detective… Crime fiction has its clichés, for sure. But our favourite genre always has the scope to throw a curve ball and this week that curve ball is being pitched by Tom Pitts….
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First look: The Flower Girls

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How about an early first peek at the cover The Flower Girls, coming in January from Raven Books? It promises to be a chilling affair and across its 352 pages you’ll meet Laurel and Primrose. Dubbed ‘The Flower Girls’, their past deeds have been all…
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Gothic crime with plenty of spooks

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On the Radar — Did somebody say Halloween? Well, this week’s new crime books all have a bit of a ghostly theme to them, from Elly Griffiths’ creepy new novel The Stranger Diaries through to a Rebecca-inspired mystery set in New York and some espionage…
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Take me back to Oz

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On the Radar — With Mystery Road and Goldstone airing on BBC Four and awards for books like Jane Harper’s The Dry, we’re hit again this week with more Aussie noir as Harper releases her new standalone novel. From the dusty Outback to the Yorkshire…
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