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Best indie crime novel of 2023 shortlist

27 November, 2023

If you follow us on social media, you’ll know that one of our missions here at Crime Fiction Lover is to support independent authors and publishers, so there’s no way we’d ever run an awards fest without celebrating the indies out there. These are the…

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On the Radar: How about... playgroup noir?

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24 November, 2023

Right? I mean, who knew? Could playgroup noir become a thing? We like to stay ahead of the curve but English author Katherine Faulkner might soon be appearing on literary festival panels around the world discussing this new corner of crime fiction. Her novel The…

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Crime book of the year 2023 shortlist

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23 November, 2023

Have you voted in the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 yet? If not, perhaps today’s the day to make your picks. Here we look at the six books on our Book of the Year shortlist and one of the comments we keep hearing is: “It’s…

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Best debut crime novel of 2023 shortlist

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22 November, 2023

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 are underway and as a reader you’re invited to vote on which books will win the accolades this year. Here we look at the six novels nominated by readers for our Best Debut shortlist. For all the shortlists, and…

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On the Radar: Crimes a plenty

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17 November, 2023

Thomas the Tank Engine once sang that there were jobs for everyone – jobs a plenty. Over here in our genre, a ‘job’ means something different and indeed there are crimes for everyone in this week’s On the Radar column. We’ve got murder by drowning…

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Chris Hammer's Scrublands – now a must-watch crime drama

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16 November, 2023

Back in 2019, we were infatuated with Australian author Chris Hammer’s novel, Scrublands. Set in a drought-shrivelled town in New South Wales, this brutal whydunnit has been made into a four-part crime drama which begins airing Thursday 16 November in Australia via Stan. At 9pm…

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On the Radar: Crime fiction compass

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10 November, 2023

Where do you want to go today? Because crime fiction will take you anywhere. Shall we head west, with Lee Goldberg’s Western-style police novel, Calico? Or south to New Zealand for Nalini Singh’s new psychological thriller? French author Johana Gustawsson heads north to Sweden in…

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The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 – vote for your winners

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9 November, 2023

For the third year in a row, we’re running the Crime Fiction Lover Awards, where readers get to nominate and vote on the winners. Based on the nominations we received, below we reveal the shortlists for 2023. It’s time to vote! We’d like to say…

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Best indie crime novel of 2023 shortlist

On the Radar: How about... playgroup noir?

Crime book of the year 2023 shortlist

Best debut crime novel of 2023 shortlist

On the Radar: Crimes a plenty

Chris Hammer's Scrublands – now a must-watch crime drama

On the Radar: Crime fiction compass

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 – vote for your winners

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