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On the Radar: Nothin' beats a road trip

26 July, 2024

When criminals get on the move, that’s when things get wild, which is why we love nothing more than a road-trip novel and the Northern Irish author Stuart Neville has cooked up a doozy to get us rolling this week. Every book on the docket…

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Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain by Joachim B Schmidt

By crimefictionlover

19 July, 2024

Translated by Jamie Lee Searle — If you haven’t read the first Kalmann novel, first published in 2022, you’ll probably find the opening section its sequel quite disorientating. Ever if you have read it, you may still feel that way. The story is told from…

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On the Radar: A cabaret of death

By crimefictionlover

19 July, 2024

Yes, every week On the Radar brings you a cabaret of… death. Rarely does a mystery not involve murder and it comes in many forms, in many places. Our first book this week is all about entertainment – 1930s style – as the illusionist Joseph…

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On the Radar: A mountain awakes

By crimefictionlover

12 July, 2024

There is always something new to discover in the crime fiction genre, and that’s why we love it so much. As well as a very unusual sort of crime novel set in Iceland, which is where we start off this week, we’ve got a legal…

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Interview: Joachim B Schmidt

By crimefictionlover

8 July, 2024

Sometimes, it seems, magnetic north has a pull that is more than just ionic. For Swiss crime fiction author Joachim B Schmidt, this was certainly the case and after falling in love with the place as a teenager he emigrated there in 2007. It’s where…

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End of Summer: New Swedish crime series comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

5 July, 2024

It’s July at the time of writing – the perfect time of year for the Swedish crime show End of Summer to arrive with subtitles on BBC Four. From 9pm on Saturday 6 July, viewers in the UK will be able to enjoy double episodes…

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On the Radar: Hap and Leonard return

By crimefictionlover

5 July, 2024

It’s been five years since we last saw Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, but at last Texan author Joe R Lansdale is back with his unique blend of grit and whimsy. We reckon the series will have gained fans since it was adapted for television,…

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On the Radar: The school gate psychos

By crimefictionlover

28 June, 2024

One of the UK’s strongest new crime writing talents returns in July – we can’t wait to see what Joanna Wallace gets up to with The Dead Friend Project. Our new books report also brings you the latest from Sarah Hilary, SB Caves, Johanna Copeland…

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On the Radar: Nothin' beats a road trip

Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain by Joachim B Schmidt

On the Radar: A cabaret of death

On the Radar: A mountain awakes

Interview: Joachim B Schmidt

End of Summer: New Swedish crime series comes to BBC Four

On the Radar: Hap and Leonard return

On the Radar: The school gate psychos

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