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On the Radar: Put Mother-Daughter Murder Night in your diary

25 August, 2023

We’re always on the lookout for something exciting and different, so our news report this week begins with a book that has a fascinating title, and appears to present some twisted crime fiction delights within. Mother-Daughter Murder Night is Nina Simon’s debut and it leads…

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Van der Valk season three coming to PBS Masterpiece

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18 August, 2023

Here’s one that will interest crime fiction lovers in North America. Season three of the British crime series Van der Valk is coming to PBS Masterpiece with three feature-length episodes beginning on Sunday 3 September 2023. This time around, Commissaris Piet Van der Valk of…

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On the Radar: Lies and crime fiction

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18 August, 2023

The title and themes of Linwood Barclay’s latest novel have got us thinking. Is making up fiction the same as lying? Are crime authors really mendacious malingerers? Well, we know they aren’t but The Lie Maker looks deliciously intriguing… in a deceptive kind of way….

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Stella Blómkvist: Iceland's mystery author, literally

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16 August, 2023

Today we’re joined by Quentin Bates, translator and publisher at Corylus Books, who introduces an author whose writing he has worked on in great detail, but also whom he’s never met… One of Iceland’s veteran crime writers, Stella Blómkvist has been around for a long…

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On the Radar: Come with us...

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11 August, 2023

There is never a dull moment in crime fiction – join us as we look forward to the latest mystery, thriller and noir releases in August starting with Erin Flanagan’s Come with Me. There are killer bees, a perplexing missing persons case, a sinister religious…

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Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott

By crimefictionlover

10 August, 2023

Megan Abbott is an author we crime fiction lovers love to love. She made her name writing noir-ish novels set in the 1950s, from a female perspective. She has co-written graphic novels such as Normandy Gold. Some of her more recent psychological thrillers have explored…

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On the Radar: Protect the child!

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4 August, 2023

Even in fiction, when pregnant women come under threat our protective instinct kicks in. Writers can use this to their advantage and it’s cropping up a fair bit in crime fiction at the moment. Megan Abbott’s Beware the Woman is a case in point (watch…

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Interview: David Myles Robinson

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2 August, 2023

Following a 40-year career as a trial lawyer specialising in personal injury law, David Myles Robinson took up his passion – writing legal thrillers. Since 2015, he’s penned four novels in his Pancho McMartin series, about a top criminal defence lawyer and the troubling cases…

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On the Radar: Put Mother-Daughter Murder Night in your diary

Van der Valk season three coming to PBS Masterpiece

On the Radar: Lies and crime fiction

Stella Blómkvist: Iceland's mystery author, literally

On the Radar: Come with us...

Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott

On the Radar: Protect the child!

Interview: David Myles Robinson

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