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On the Radar: Choose your own murder mystery

1 December, 2023

It’s always been a bit of a mystery to me why nobody has tried to create a crime fiction version of the Choose Your Own Adventure format of the 1980s. Perhaps publishers thought the idea was a bit childish, or maybe it’s an expensive format…

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Best crime show of 2023 shortlist

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30 November, 2023

There have been a lot of great crime shows in 2023. It sounds like a platitude, but when we opened this category for nominations we simply couldn’t have envisaged that this shortlist would emerge. The genre is popular and with all the streaming platforms plus…

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Hidden Assets season 2 comes to BBC Four

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29 November, 2023

Last January, the crime show Hidden Assets was a surprise hit when it aired on BBC Four in the UK. Jointly made by Irish and Belgian production companies, it linked a criminal assets recovery investigator in Shannon with missing diamonds and a bombing in Antwerp,…

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Best crime novel in translation of 2023 shortlist

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28 November, 2023

When we first started Crime Fiction Lover in 2011, Scandinavian crime fiction was all the rage and we dived in reading and celebrating not just Nordic noir but translated mysteries in general. It’s the perfect way to explore the world and expose yourself to different…

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Best indie crime novel of 2023 shortlist

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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?

By crimefictionlover

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

By crimefictionlover

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

By crimefictionlover

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: Choose your own murder mystery

Best crime show of 2023 shortlist

Hidden Assets season 2 comes to BBC Four

Best crime novel in translation of 2023 shortlist

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

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