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Slow Horses returns for season 2, based on Dead Lions

7 November, 2022

Apple TV+ has announced that series two of Slow Horses will be available to stream from 2 December and fans of the quirky London-based espionage drama can’t wait. Based on the Slough House series of novels by British author Mick Herron, the show follows the…

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20% off BBC Maestro – including Writing Popular Fiction with Lee Child

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3 November, 2022

BBC Maestro and Crime Fiction Lover are offering readers an inflation-beating 20% off a subscription to BBC Maestro. Until 10 November, you can subscribe to the entire online learning bundle for £88 – the normal price is £110. Click here to subscribe. This will give…

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Interview: Joe R Lansdale

By crimefictionlover

27 October, 2022

Across four decades, the Texan author Joe R Lansdale has been spinning dark tales. We love them. They’re full of desperate, dangerous villains, damaged heroes and heroines, wild schemes and unlikely hopes – all of it marinated in the author’s gentle sense of irony. And…

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First look: Things Get Ugly by Joe R Lansdale

By crimefictionlover

25 October, 2022

Joe R Lansdale is a legend in the crime fiction genre. Horror, comic books and Westerns too. His Hap and Leonard series is second to none for gritty, brutal, gonzo Southern noir, but done with a ladle of nuance, plenty of feeling and a touch…

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New BBC Maestro course with Lee Child

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21 October, 2022

If your dream is to be a bestselling crime author then maybe Lee Child has the advice you need to take your work to the next level. Launched today by BBC Maestro, Writing Popular Fiction with Lee Child covers the power of storytelling, nailing the…

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On the Radar: Murder in the land of ice and snow

By crimefictionlover

21 October, 2022

After the blistering heat of the summer, isn’t it reassuring to know that crime fiction authors have cold, cold hearts? And it shows this week here in our news column where we lead off with a brand new author for you from Iceland. Deceit by…

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Wisting returns to BBC Four in the UK

By crimefictionlover

19 October, 2022

The Norwegian detective William Wisting returns this October as BBC Four airs season two of this popular Nordic noir programme on UK screens for the first time. There are eight episodes to savour, appearing on BBC Four up until 5 November and available to watch…

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The Snowdonia Killings by Simon McCleave

By crimefictionlover

17 October, 2022

“No, no, don’t bother yourself with that independently published nonsense.” That’s what the big publishers might want you to think. They have experienced editors and publishers, well-oiled and financed marketing machines and big cheque books (or should that be PayPal accounts, these days?) to lure…

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Slow Horses returns for season 2, based on Dead Lions

20% off BBC Maestro – including Writing Popular Fiction with Lee Child

Interview: Joe R Lansdale

First look: Things Get Ugly by Joe R Lansdale

New BBC Maestro course with Lee Child

On the Radar: Murder in the land of ice and snow

Wisting returns to BBC Four in the UK

The Snowdonia Killings by Simon McCleave

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