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On the Radar: "I'm asking the questions..."

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The dreaded job interview is the starting point for CM Ewan’s latest thriller, and we’ll start this week’s new column there because The Interview looks particularly innovative and twisty. We’re equally looking forward to A Good Day to Die by Amen Alonge, which is also…
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Features

Reacher arrives on Amazon Prime

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It’s fair to say that crime fiction lovers were bemused, if not downright offended, by the casting of Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher in the 2012 film adaptation of Lee Child’s iconic character. While he’s a giant of the silver screen, Tom Cruise is nowhere…
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On the Radar: Hello again, Marlowe

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Originally created by Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe has inspired legions of hardboiled PIs. His clipped storytelling style is often mimicked but never bettered. So when a skilled author like Joe Ide comes along and writes a novel about the character, we sit up and pay…
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On the Radar: Meet Quinn Quicksilver

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The American mystery writer Dean Koontz returns, and he’s created an enigmatic new protagonist – but that’s not all we’ve got for you in our new books report this week. Another returnee is British writer Louise Welsh along with her Glaswegian auctioneer Rilke, and there…
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Dunbar to return in Ridley on ITV

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ITV and West Road Pictures have started shooting Ridley, a new crime drama set in the North of England starring Adrian Dunbar – known to many as Superintendent Ted Hastings from the hit series Line of Duty. Starring in the title role, Dunbar plays a…
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Book Club

The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

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Finnish author Antti Tuomainen has been a favourite at Crime Fiction Lover ever since his first novel, The Healer, was first translated into English. Since then, he’s come a long way and his crime writing has grown lighter, funnier and quite a bit weirder –…
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