Book Club

The Heavenly Table

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After the death of their bullying, half-mad, religious zealot father, the three Jewett boys embark on a crime spree. It starts off on the border between Georgia and Alabama and takes them to one God-forsaken place after another as they head towards Canada. Will they redeem…
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The Finnish double-punch

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On the Radar — In a move reminiscent of a terrifying 1980s pro wrestling move, Orenda Books is landing a Finnish double-punch on us this week with two knockout Nordic noir novels. We’ve practiced our pronunciations, and we can assure you that both Kati Kiekkapelto and Antti…
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Features

Interview: Sara Blaedel

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Danish crime author Sara Blaedel is one of the headline authors attending Iceland Noir 2016 next month in Reykjavik. She’ll be on the main panel with Val McDermid, Viveca Sten and Leena Lehtolainen. Meanwhile, her Louis Rick series has become a hit with fans of…
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The top 10 fictional bitches

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On Saturday 15 October 2016, the Killer Women Crime Writing Festival takes place in Shoreditch, London. It’s been set up by a group of women crime fiction writers and promises a full-day crime writing masterclass, and plenty more. To get all the crime fiction lovers…
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Classics in September 2016 - a recap

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September 2016 comes to an end, and it’s time to say goodbye to the month during which we’ve celebrated classic crime fiction. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading our articles as much as we’ve enjoyed writing them. And we hope you’ve discovered – or perhaps rediscovered…
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One for sorrow

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On the Radar — When Magpie Murders landed at CFL HQ the other day, people couldn’t keep their hands off it. The book has a wonderfully illustrated dust jacket with silver block foil lettering to wow your eyeballs. Our review is on its way too,…
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CIS: My classics by Rosie Claverton

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The Cardiff-based novelist and screen writer Rosie Claverton is more than happy being a modern crime author. Her books include Code Runner, Binary Witness and Captcha Thief, and feature the high-tech detective Amy Lane. Right now, Rosie is working on the next in the series, Terror 404….
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