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The sinister side of Wales - Hinterland series 3

29 March, 2017

Forget about the streets of London or Glasgow’s roughest estates. Forget Norway and Iceland too. New York and LA are not where it’s at. The most engaging crime drama in April will emanate from the eerily remote setting of West Wales. On 5 April, BBC One Wales will…

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The Legacy

By crimefictionlover

23 March, 2017

Written by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, translated by Victoria Cribb — Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurdardottir is already well known thanks to her series featuring the lawyer-turned-sleuth, Thora Gudmundsdottir. With The Legacy, the writer is striking out in a new direction with a series based around a children’s…

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Love the Dutch

By crimefictionlover

23 March, 2017

On the Radar — There are a lot of great crime books coming out in the next couple of weeks, but we think the pick of the bunch is the debut from Holland, which starts off our column this week. Butterfly on the Storm is…

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First look: The Crime Book from Dorling Kindersley

By crimefictionlover

22 March, 2017

Dorling Kindersley, the company that publishes glorious illustrated reference books, has turned to crime. From 3 April, you’ll be able to get your hands on the latest book in the DK Big Ideas series – The Crime Book. Inside are over 350 pages all about the…

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Bryant and May go wild

By crimefictionlover

16 March, 2017

On the Radar — Seven new books for you this week, starting with the latest Christopher Fowler’s new Bryant and May novel. He’s an author who never ceases to find new ways of looking at London… Wild Chamber by Christopher Fowler They are a bit like…

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Last look: Crime Scene magazine's final issue

By crimefictionlover

14 March, 2017

With all the sang froid of a mob hitman, the publishing directors at Future Publishing have liquidated Crime Scene, the company’s high quality crime fiction magazine and the only one on the shelves devoted to crime fiction. Issue seven has arrived, and sadly it will…

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Arnaldur Indridason talks about The Shadow District

By crimefictionlover

14 March, 2017

The Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indridason is a quiet and thoughtful man, who has studied his own country, its history and its literature, in great detail. These are qualities that shine through in the novels he wrote about Detective Erlendur, which began with Sons of Dust in 1997 and concluded…

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Vicious Circle by CJ Box

By crimefictionlover

14 March, 2017

From Alaska‘s misfits to Norwegian serial killers, and all the way to the Russian steppes, there are many flavours of cold climate crime fiction to savour. CJ Box uses his home state of Wyoming as the backdrop for his own brand of wilderness noir. The…

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The sinister side of Wales - Hinterland series 3

The Legacy

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First look: The Crime Book from Dorling Kindersley

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Last look: Crime Scene magazine's final issue

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