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On the Radar: Tokyo Traffic, and more

12 June, 2020

Let’s get things going in our new books report with a title set in Japan. Tokyo Traffic is by American author Michael Pronko and shows us a side of the city not always prominent in Japanese crime fiction, which often has a bit of a…

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On the Radar: A Highland escape

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5 June, 2020

1950s Scotland is our first destination this week, as our On the Radar column rounds up the latest new crime releases. Sara Sheridan’s latest promises an intriguing mystery which is softly toned and as such is a good break from a world full of tension…

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Cold-blooded crime fiction

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29 May, 2020

Despite what A Game of Thrones fans will tell you, crime fiction is really the genre you want for tales of fire and ice. Iceland is our epicentre this week, as we start our new books column off with Cold Malice, the latest from Quentin…

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Book to screen: 15 great crime dramas to binge now

By crimefictionlover

27 May, 2020

We’re joined by Craig Sisterson, author of Southern Cross Crime and a features writer and reviewer for newspapers and magazines across the globe. Today he’s showcasing some of the best TV shows based on crime novels you can binge during the pandemic… and beyond. I still remember…

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On the Radar: Curator of death...

By crimefictionlover

22 May, 2020

That’s the thing with fictional serial killers, isn’t it? They want to apply their own strange notion of order on the world, and their victims are collateral damage – a necessary sacrifice, if you will – as they apply that vision. That seems to be…

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First look: The video nasty Harrow Lake

By crimefictionlover

18 May, 2020

Here’s a nice little bit of pre-release marketing that came through from Penguin Random House recently. Instead of the usual early-proof-in-a-Jiffy, for Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis, the PR team sent out an envelope styled just like one from Blockbuster Video. Nostalgia. The book is…

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On the Radar: Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

By crimefictionlover

15 May, 2020

LA crime writer Michael Connelly is on fire at the moment. With his Harry Bosch series successfully adapted for the small screen by Amazon, his books are deservedly finding a wider audience. So it’s nice to see him put one of his older characters into…

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On the Radar: Peace returns to Tokyo

By crimefictionlover

8 May, 2020

If you like an author who’s able to sweep back into the past and render a setting and crime story to perfection, then it’s time to start getting excited as Faber prepares to release the latest David Peace novel. Tokyo Redux completes his Tokyo Trilogy….

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On the Radar: Tokyo Traffic, and more

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