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The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

17 July, 2023

Translated by Astrid Freuler — Following the Basel Killings and Silver Pebbles, The Murder of Anton Livius is the third novel in the Inspector Peter Hunkeler series by the Swiss playwright and author Hansjörg Schneider. Originally written in the Schweizerdeutsch dialect, the novels give crime…

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On the Radar: Detective Ravn alights in English

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14 July, 2023

A few weeks back we talked to the Danish crime author Michael Katz Krefeld about his first book arriving in translation and already a second has landed. Derailed features one of Denmark’s best known genre detectives – Ravn – and finally Nordic noir fans in the…

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The doctor will see you now... Kate Griffin

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11 July, 2023

Continuing her series of vodcasts talking to crime fiction authors of all descriptions, Dr Noir returns to our site and with her this time is the English historical crime author Kate Griffin. Watch the video below, in which the pair discuss Kate’s latest book, Fyneshade,…

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On the Radar: A quintet of woman crime authors

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7 July, 2023

No. It’s not because we’re woke cultural Marxists. It’s not inverted institutional sexism or conscious unconscious bias. It’s just how the cookie crumbled. Which is a long-winded way of getting to the fact that all five of the new books in this week’s report are…

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Beck is back on BBC Four with season 10

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3 July, 2023

Originally conceived by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö in the 1965 novel Rosanna, Martin Beck has evolved to become a detective for the 21st century. His character first migrated from the books to the small screen in 1997, and with season 10 we might see…

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On the Radar: Philip McMarlowe with Denise Mina

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30 June, 2023

Okay, okay. Maybe I might be a wiseguy or a wazzock – you decide – but the transatlantic partnership between Scottish crime author Denise Mina and the legendary LA detective Philip Marlowe is as surprising as it is exciting. Historic too. The Second Murderer is…

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On the Radar: Her next job is in cyber

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23 June, 2023

From the Monkeewrench series to Millennium and on to today’s techno thrillers, we love it when new technologies quickly evolve into new kinds of crime and new ways of catching crooks. At the moment, this subgenre seems to be surging forward with crypto currency, the…

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Interview: RA Cramblitt

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20 June, 2023

Last month, RA Cramblitt released Like Printing Money, a technological crime novel set in Baltimore. It follows his debut novel Probably Lives in Tahiti, described as a rock ’n roll romance, the latter has earned a 4.8-star rating on Goodreads and Amazon. Cramblitt uses the fast-paced crime…

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The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

On the Radar: Detective Ravn alights in English

The doctor will see you now... Kate Griffin

On the Radar: A quintet of woman crime authors

Beck is back on BBC Four with season 10

On the Radar: Philip McMarlowe with Denise Mina

On the Radar: Her next job is in cyber

Interview: RA Cramblitt

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