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Jana: Marked for Life – new Swedish crime drama on BBC Four

5 June, 2024

Child assassins, human trafficking and buried memories are just a handful of the themes that come to the fore in Jana: Marked for Life, the new Swedish crime series that arrives on BBC Four in the UK starting Saturday 8 June, 2024. Lovers of Nordic…

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4 June, 2024

As you might have noticed, we review books here on Crime Fiction Lover. A lot of books. Over 2,900, in fact. But that’s not all we do, and it’s always interesting when new things come along that push the boundaries. Lately, we’ve been delving into…

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On the Radar: Five twisty thrillers

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31 May, 2024

Summer is nearly here and as temperatures rise the publishing industry begins to deliver page-turning thrillers for the holiday season. Our news column seems to reflect this – each book this week is a thriller that aims to get you hooked. We start with The…

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On the Radar: Time for a serial killer thriller

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24 May, 2024

There are some high quality reads on the way and top of our pile this week is the latest from Chris Carter. He’s an author with a huge and dedicated following, and for good reason – the knowledge he built up as a criminal behaviour…

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First look: The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

By crimefictionlover

21 May, 2024

Do you ever feel like it’s time to try something new? Well, a first look at The Night of Baba Yaga, out in September and written by Akira Otani, tells us that this is crime fiction that will take you to a different place. The…

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Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

By crimefictionlover

19 May, 2024

Giles Kenworthy is: A) a hedge fund manager, B) belittling to everyone with whom he speaks, C) a supporter of a far right political party, D) rude and antagonistic to all the neighbours on Riverview Close in Richmond on Thames. Oh, and, E) he’s dead….

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On the Radar: Civil war

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17 May, 2024

It’s been seven years since the last Penn Cage novel from Mississippi author Greg Iles and so our lead book this week is Southern Man – a big deal for lovers of rural noir – and doesn’t its cover come with a unique sense of…

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On the Radar: The search for Venus

By crimefictionlover

10 May, 2024

Ah, here we are in May 2024, looking back on 1944 with an elegant European crime novel from Ben Pastor as her excellent Martin Bora series takes the German detective to Salò in search of a painting. We’ve also got the classic mystery approach remixed…

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Jana: Marked for Life – new Swedish crime drama on BBC Four

Discover crime stories on Storiaverse

On the Radar: Five twisty thrillers

On the Radar: Time for a serial killer thriller

First look: The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

On the Radar: Civil war

On the Radar: The search for Venus

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