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Meet the Author: Kate Kaminski

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Based in Maine, Kate Kaminski is an indie filmmaker and also an indie author of crime fiction. With her novel I Am Danvers released in May 2026, she reimagines Mrs Danvers – the creepy housekeeper who was the antagonist in Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca. The…
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Interview: Philip Swan

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Are you ready for something a little different? We already know that an animal angle is popular in a crime novel. For example, there are the Alsatians Maggie in Robert Crais’s Suspect, and Rex in Pork Pie Pandemonium by Steve Higgs. Now, Sheffield-based author Philip Swan…
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Meet the author: GR Halliday

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Back in 2019, Scottish author GR Halliday entered the world of crime fiction with his debut novel, From the Shadows. Now, it’s 2026, a lucky seven years later, and copies are flying off the shelves. ITV has turned that first DI Monica Kennedy novel into…
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On the Radar: Summer holiday crime fiction

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Is this the summer of the destination thriller? Maybe. Maybe not. Some of the spots you’ll visit literarily in this week’s new books report are a lot more desirable than others. Blackpool is the setting for Mark Billingham’s The Shadow Step. Debatable as a destination….
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