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Announcing the first Crime Fiction Lover awards – nominations are open!

27 October, 2021

Although Crime Fiction Lover has been going for over 10 years, we’ve never given out any awards for the best books and authors in the genre. All of that is about to change. Today we’re announcing the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2021. These awards are…

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The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

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22 October, 2021

Translated by David Hackston — The Man Who Died, Palm Beach Finland, Little Siberia… Antti Tuomainen’s books have quirky titles and the slightly surreal sense of humour that they suggest continues inside each of them. Now we have The Rabbit Factor, with its lurid orange…

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On the Radar: It's a wild ride

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22 October, 2021

From a wild ride into the Outback to close, claustrophobic thrillers and twisting and turning mysteries, this week’s new crime novels give you plenty to choose from. We lead off this week with Australian crime author Gabriel Bergmoser’s second crime novel and it looks action…

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Watch Dark Travellers – Publishing Scotland's film about Tartan noir

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21 October, 2021

Crime Fiction Lover is pleased to bring you Dark Travellers, a 22-minute film that’s perfect if you love your Scottish crime fiction. It’s been a huge year for crime writing in Scotland, thanks in no small part to the publication of The Dark Remains from…

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12 chilling crime reads for Halloween 2021

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18 October, 2021

Why do we love crime fiction? Maybe one of the reasons is that it’s the genre where the monsters seem real – well, they don’t rely on magic, spells or supernatural powers to carry out their work. Usually it’s very human stuff. Or inhuman, in…

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Paris Police 1900 – the dark and dangerous French crime drama

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14 October, 2021

For anyone who loves historical crime fiction, Paris Police 1900 is a sensory treat with an intriguing and often terrifying story at its heart. Airing through October 2021 on Saturday evenings on BBC Four, it’s packed with period accuracy, political finagling, brutal violence, mystery and…

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The Doctor will see you now... Peter Papathanasiou

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11 October, 2021

“It felt more like an experience, than reading a story,” says Jacky Collins as she introduces new Australian crime author Peter Papathanasiou and his new novel The Stoning. Surely there can be no greater praise for any writer who sets out to craft an immersive…

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On the Radar: Ready for blast off

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8 October, 2021

What a week for the crime fiction genre. You could say it’s out of this world. For a start, the astronaut Chris Hadfield is launching his crime fiction debut and it sounds pretty intriguing. It’s a ‘what if…’ conspiracy story set around the abandoned Apollo…

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Announcing the first Crime Fiction Lover awards – nominations are open!

The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

On the Radar: It's a wild ride

Watch Dark Travellers – Publishing Scotland's film about Tartan noir

12 chilling crime reads for Halloween 2021

Paris Police 1900 – the dark and dangerous French crime drama

The Doctor will see you now... Peter Papathanasiou

On the Radar: Ready for blast off

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