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Five Moves of Doom by AJ Devlin

30 September, 2022

Five Moves of Doom is the kind of novel we like to point to when we talk about independent publishing and how it feeds vibrant new material into the crime fiction scene. I’m not sure any mainstream publishers would dare touch a book where the…

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On the Radar - A love like blood

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30 September, 2022

Whenever the theme of love intersects with crime fiction, not only will hearts be broken but blood will be spilled. And so it is this week in our news column as we bring you a fairytale wedding gone wrong with Alex Pine, a kidnapped wife…

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French crime show Astrid: Murder in Paris comes to More4

By crimefictionlover

28 September, 2022

The popular French crime drama Astrid: Murder in Paris is coming to More4 and the subtitled streaming service Walter Presents in October, bringing with it peculiar murders, difficult investigations and an unlikely pair of women sleuths. The first episode of season one will air on…

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On the Radar: Crows, kings and crazy presidents

By crimefictionlover

23 September, 2022

It’s a very exciting week if you’re a crime fiction lover. New books are coming from established authors and debutantes alike and they involve crows, crime kings and even a crazy president. The latter comes to us care of the prolific American author James Patterson,…

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Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir

By crimefictionlover

20 September, 2022

Translated by Quentin Bates — Following on from The Fox and Silenced, Harm is the latest in the Dark Iceland series by Sólveig Pálsdottir, in which Reykjavik detectives Gudgier Fransson and Elsa Gudrún investigate murder cases. As Iceland has a small population and a minuscule…

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Icelandic crime show Sisterhood comes to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

16 September, 2022

Nordic crime fiction returns to Walter Presents today with the box set of the Icelandic crime drama Sisterhood now available to stream! Not so much a mystery, this is a show that looks at dark secrets from the past and what happens when they resurface…

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Try Troppo - the new Australian crime show on Freevee

By crimefictionlover

13 September, 2022

Beware, Outback noir, Queensland is coming for your crown. That’s the vibe we’re getting from Troppo, the crime series now showing on Freevee via Amazon and on iView in Australia. It proves beyond doubt that there’s a lot more to Australian crime fiction than dusty…

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On the Radar: Scott Turow is back

By crimefictionlover

9 September, 2022

The windy crevices of the Italian Alps. The dark backstreets of Stockholm. Among Shropshire hedgerows. In American courtrooms. Crime never sleeps and justice must be done. Here in our latest On the Radar column we’re doing justice to five new crime fiction novels and our…

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Five Moves of Doom by AJ Devlin

On the Radar - A love like blood

French crime show Astrid: Murder in Paris comes to More4

On the Radar: Crows, kings and crazy presidents

Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir

Icelandic crime show Sisterhood comes to Walter Presents

Try Troppo - the new Australian crime show on Freevee

On the Radar: Scott Turow is back

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