Features

Welcome to Classics in September 2013

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The other day we were on Twitter talking about our intention to run our second annual themed month, Classics in September. One of our followers asked: ‘Why September?’ A very good question, and just the sort a lover of mysteries who follows the logic of…
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Purgatory

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Written by Ken Bruen — Irish crime writer Ken Bruen’s series featuring Jack Taylor, a former officer with the Garda in Galway, is now a TV show starring Game of Thrones actor Iain Glen as the private detective. But for the full hit of 100…
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Features

An introduction to Noir Italiano

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Italian noir? Who better to ask for an overview this unique strand of European crime fiction than the expert Omar Gatti, who edits the wonderful website Noir Italiano? We invited him to write a feature explaining Italian noir, so that English-speaking crime fiction lovers can…
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Police at CFL HQ!

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An early copy of the highly anticipated Harry Hole thriller Police, by Jo Nesbo, has just landed at Crime Fiction Lover headquarters. What an exciting surprise! Sent over by Random House, we’ve actually got a copy from the company’s American imprint, Knopf. This bodes well…
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CFL is two years old!

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Today, Crime Fiction Lover celebrates its second anniversary. We thought we’d celebrate with a very Simpsons-esque looking cake, and send out a big thank-you to the 20,000 people who now visit the site every month, and all our friends on Twitter and Facebook. And of course…
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Look who's writing for us XI

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Today we’re welcoming a brand new writer to the Crime Fiction Lover team. Andre Paine is a journalist based in London who regularly covers music, the arts and entertainment. But his true passion behind all that is books, and crime books in particular. Patricia Highsmith,…
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