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From the creator of True Detective

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Fans of US crime series are raving about the show True Detective, a new HBO offering starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughy. It’s just started airing in the UK on Sky Atlantic, but tap-of-the-snout streaming video hounds have found ways of watching the seven episodes…
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First look: The Book of You

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The other day, a strange box appeared on the doorstep addressed to Crime Fiction Lover. Inside, something slightly chilling. A jet black rose. As it lies there in its box, you can’t help but think it’s been laid to rest in a coffin. Have a…
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WIN Irène, Alex plus crime books worth £50

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Co-winner of the CWA International Dagger in 2013, Pierre Lemaitre is the French crime writer to watch at the moment. Following the success of his fast-paced, gritty Parisian thriller Alex, Quercus is releasing the prequel, Irène, today for Kindle! To celebrate, the publisher is giving…
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Crime graphic novels: Five of the best

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Back in 1986, the wildfire success of Frank Miller’s stunning comic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns led publishers to take a serious look again at comics and graphic novels as a format for delivering gritty crime stories. While most graphic novels remain in the realm…
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A Rising Man - Telegraph compo winner

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Congratulations go out to Abir Mukherjee, who has won the Telegraph Harvill Secker crime writing competition with a novel set in India in 1919, during the period of the British Raj. A Rising Man involves a brutal murder, political underpinnings, and a conflicted Indian police…
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Crime Story event coming to Newcastle

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A new festival for crime fiction lovers is coming to Newcastle on 31 May and its organisers have come up with a twist as unique as any you’ll find in a Norwegian thriller. Crime Story will take place at the University of Northumbria, and the…
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