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We Got This out now on DVD

1 April, 2021

Now here’s a Swedish crime drama that sounds a bit different to the morose and moody Nordic noir we know and love. We Got This is the story of an American in Stockholm called George English. George is going to set out to solve the…

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On the Radar: Crime fiction is no laughing matter...

By crimefictionlover

26 March, 2021

Or maybe it is. It hardly ever happens, but all the crime novels here in our new books column this week come with a pinch of humour. Whether you’re riding the Bullet Train with a bunch of psychos in the latest crime novel from Japan,…

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The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard

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26 March, 2021

Crime fiction protagonists don’t need to blow the doors off like Jack Reacher, or come with brilliant minds and complex issues like just about half the detectives you can name. As Robert Goddard proves with The Fine Art of Invisible Detection, they can be utterly…

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On the Radar: A drop of the Irish

By crimefictionlover

19 March, 2021

Scottish crime fiction is booming, Wales is getting its own national crime fiction festival and this week we’re kicking off our news column with a new novel by one of Ireland’s finest and most respected crime authors, Ken Bruen. So it seems as though crime…

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First look: Ms Tree – The Cold Dish

By crimefictionlover

16 March, 2021

Correction – this isn’t so much a first look as a first look at a very retro reprint that Titan Comics is pulling off with Hard Case Crime. Ms Tree is a crime comic harking back to 1984, written by Max Allan Collins and with…

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On the Radar: The past will get you

By crimefictionlover

12 March, 2021

A dark deed, a tragedy, the thing best left buried – unresolved secrets from the past that rock the present are a major trope of crime fiction. It rears its head again this week as we feature two of America’s biggest crime and thriller authors…

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Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison

By crimefictionlover

5 March, 2021

Glasgow has a hard reputation, as anyone who has been ‘kissed’ by one of its residents will tell you. The city and its denizens are at the heart of Edge of the Grave, the debut crime novel by Robbie Morrison. With a background writing comics…

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Welsh crime fiction to the fore at Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival

By crimefictionlover

5 March, 2021

There have been major international crime festivals in France and Germany, England has Harrogate and CrimeFest, and everyone’s heard of Bloody Scotland. North America has Bouchercon and even Iceland and Rotorua have held notable crime fiction events. Now Wales is getting in on the act…

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We Got This out now on DVD

On the Radar: Crime fiction is no laughing matter...

The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard

On the Radar: A drop of the Irish

First look: Ms Tree – The Cold Dish

On the Radar: The past will get you

Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison

Welsh crime fiction to the fore at Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival

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