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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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MacBride authors children's book for morgue

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One of Scotland’s darkest, most blood-curdling authors – Stuart MacBride – has written a children’s book. The Completely Wholesome Adventures of Skeleton Bob features a cartoon character created by the Aberdeen-based writer, and has been published in a special limited hardback edition to raise funds…
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Interview: Peggy Blair

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Based in Ottawa, Peggy Blair had a career as a human rights lawyer before she became a crime novelist. Though she battled to get it published, her debut The Beggar’s Opera (Midnight in Havana here in the UK) won plaudits far behond Canada’s borders and…
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First look: Treachery by SJ Parris

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Have a look at this wonderful, gold embossed book jacket for Treachery by SJ Parris. This historical crime fiction novel is the fourth in a series by the author, set in Elizabethan times. The dust cover also features an illustration of a fierce-looking griffon, drawn…
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Look who's writing for us XIII

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Some team news for you today. Kent-based author and crime fiction enthusiast Keith Nixon has joined our team of contributors here on Crime Fiction Lover. Like the rest of us, Keith is a heavy reader – mostly crime, but some sci-fi – and he collects…
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Simon Brett wins CWA Diamond Dagger for 2014

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Today the Crime Writers’ Association announced that British author Simon Brett will be awarded the 2014 Diamond Dagger Award. His diamond-studded instrument of death will be handed to him (handle first, hopefully) at a gala dinner on 30 June in London by academic Lucy Worsley,…
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Department Q on the big screen

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The Bridge II ended last night on UK TV, leaving fans of Scandinavian crime fiction thinking, ‘What can I watch next?’ Well, the Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen last year saw his first Carl Mørck story turned into a film and we’ve just had news that…
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