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The best of Brit noir with Barry Forshaw

6 March, 2016

With his new book Brit Noir : The Pocket Essential Guide to British Crime Fiction due out on 24 March, we invited crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw to pick his top 12 books in the British crime fiction category. So, it’s over to Barry… The best…

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2 March, 2016

Hideo Yokoyama’s Six Four is going to be one of the biggest books of 2016. Literally. The hardback comes in at 635 pages and as you can see it’s a book that stands up on its own. You could even say it’s the printed equivalent of six-four,…

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Crime Scene magazine issue 3 is here!

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1 March, 2016

The third issue of Future Publishing’s glossy magazine devoted to crime fiction has landed. Weighing in at 132 pages and for £7.99 on the newsstand, Crime Scene features the BBC’s Peaky Blinders on the cover, a TV series starring Cillian Murphy as an Irish gangster…

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Nowhere

By crimefictionlover

28 February, 2016

Written by Roger Smith — After several standalone novels, a novella here and there, and dabbling in horror, South African author Roger Smith returns to slightly more orthodox crime fiction with a new Disaster Zondi novel. The unfortunately named Zulu detective first appeared in Mixed Blood, and…

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Crime fiction still strong in UK libraries

By crimefictionlover

5 February, 2016

What do you think the most borrowed book was in UK libraries last year? Go on, have a guess… OK, we’ll tell you. It was Lee Child’s Personal, a book we gave three stars in our review. A respectable score, but not the five twinklers…

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Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

By crimefictionlover

27 January, 2016

Let’s start with the title. Like the rest of the books in the Sean Duffy series, it’s taken from a Tom Waits song. I’m not sure there’s a Tom Waits vibe to the books, but the author likes it like that so who am I…

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Peter James wins CWA Diamond Dagger 2016

By crimefictionlover

23 January, 2016

Congratulations go out to Brighton author Peter James, who has bagged the prestigious Diamond Dagger from the UK’s Crime Writers’ Association for 2016. The award recognises his career producing brilliant crime novels and he is a well-known and well-liked author on the festival scene. James best-loved…

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Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson

By crimefictionlover

17 January, 2016

Translated by Quentin Bates — With its unique blend of a Golden Age-style mystery and a bleak, frozen Icelandic setting, Snowblind was one of our top five debuts of 2015. Just when you thought you’d seen it all in Scandinavian crime fiction, Orenda Books released a brand…

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The best of Brit noir with Barry Forshaw

Listen to two free chapters of Six Four

Crime Scene magazine issue 3 is here!

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Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

Peter James wins CWA Diamond Dagger 2016

Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson

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