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Interview: Roger Smith

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When it comes to crime fiction from southern Africa, what have you got? Well, at the one end of the spectrum there’s Alexander McCall Smith whose books deal in a light and amusing way with topics like manners and decorum, and the occasional proclivities of…
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Denise Mina wins at Harrogate

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The Scottish author Denise Mina has clinched one of the top accolades in UK crime fiction by winning the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award at the Harrogate Festival late last week. Her book, The End of the Wasp Season, sees DS…
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Around Harrogate with Stav Sherez

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Yesterday saw the final hours of the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate play out. Our eyes, ears and other sensory organs at this year’s festival were attached to the body of Stav Sherez, a crime author of some note who agreed to…
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Pulp Ink 2

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Back when we first launched Crime Fiction Lover almost a year ago, we weren’t so sure how short story compilations would go down with our readers. However we reviewed Pulp Ink, edited by Chris Rhatigan and Nigel Bird to test the waters. It was on…
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Disgrace by Jussi Adler-Olsen

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The cantankerous Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck is back. Disgrace follows on from Mercy and is the second in Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series which sees Mørck and his civilian assistant Assad investigating cold cases from the basement of the police HQ in Denmark’s capital. Riding high…
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Fifty Shades of... the CFL sex survey!

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Unless you’re orbiting on one of Saturn’s outer rings, you’ve probably noticed the stir a certain book called Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James has created. It’s been described as pornographic, and sadistic, and I saw a story online about a man who sprayed…
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Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

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The Yorkshire town of Harrogate is going to be hit by a four-day crime wave from Thursday 19 July. No, they’re not staging their own mini version of last summer’s riots. Rather, Thursday sees the return of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival along…
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First look: The Bat by Jo Nesbo

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We don’t want to ignite a flaming wall of envy among fellow fans of Scandinavian crime fiction, but something seismic happened today at CFL HQ. The very first Harry Hole novel, penned by Jo Nesbo in his native Norwegian 15 years ago, arrived on the…
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