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You'll laugh, you'll die - comedy and crime

19 January, 2012

Dark. Gritty. Bloody. Brutal. Disturbing. They’re all words that come thick and fast in crime book reviews – thanks to people like me. But a few recent releases caught my eye because the words ‘humour’ and ‘comic’ were in the blurbs, sometimes alongside the more…

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Ian Rankin at First Fictions book event

By crimefictionlover

18 January, 2012

Looking for something to do this weekend? If you’re a crime fiction lover in the vicinity of Brighton, why not head over to First Fictions, an event for and about people with first novels coming out. The event isn’t only about crime fiction, but Ian…

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Wink Murder

By crimefictionlover

16 January, 2012

Written by Ali Knight — When this one came through I wasn’t too sure what to expect. Would it be a straight thriller, or would it have the kind of crime story underpinning it that we really enjoy here at Crime Fiction Lover. Did that…

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FREE ebook: The Pineville Heist

By crimefictionlover

15 January, 2012

Yesterday we brought you our review of The Pineville Heist, an action-packed crime book for young adults about a teenage boy called Aaron Stevens who gets mixed up in a bank robbery. The author Lee Chambers has dropped us a line to let us know…

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The Pineville Heist

By crimefictionlover

14 January, 2012

Written by Lee Chambers — The Canadian author of this book originally created the Pineville Heist as a screenplay, and the story’s not just been turned by him into a novel but it’s also being made for the big screen. We don’t often look at…

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy competition winners

By crimefictionlover

14 January, 2012

Normally our site is all about the best crime books out there, but when the good folks at Focus Features got in touch about the release of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy offering fine prizes if we’d run a competition with them, we couldn’t resist. So…

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Interview: new Victorian crime author Kate Williams

By crimefictionlover

9 January, 2012

You might recognise author Kate Williams. She took part in the TV coverage of the Royal Wedding in 2011, working for the BBC. She’s also appeared with Caroline Quentin on Restoration Home, and worked on the BBC Timewatch documentary the Young Victoria. Her non-fiction books…

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The Cold Cold Ground

By crimefictionlover

8 January, 2012

Northern Ireland, 1981. The police have plenty to deal with as nationalists riot in the streets, hunger strikes in full swing. So when a gay man is found with a bullet in his skull and one of his hands cut off, on the surface it…

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