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On the Radar: Taken by the other people

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This week our On the Radar new crime fiction column gets going with a creepy thriller about child snatching by CJ Tudor. We’ve also got two totally different World War II novels, an atmospheric family secrets thriller set on the Hebrides and a serial killer…
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Interview: Dreda Say Mitchell

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There was fantastic news for the crime fiction community at the end of 2019 when the London-based author Dreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE. She’s now one of the Queen’s trusted knights, a Member of the British Empire, recognised for her services to literature…
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Crime thrillers for Christmas 2019

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On the Radar — ‘Tis the season for a good round of murder and mystery if you’re a crime fiction lover. This week our news column is devoted to new crime novels set at Christmas time, and all five of them look like perfect stocking…
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Kill the election blues

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On the Radar — So, 12 December is election day in the UK and everyone who’s not heatedly arguing about politics is heatedly telling everybody they know how sick they are of politics. Brits are an angry lot at the moment but there’s nothing like…
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From Greenland to Golgotha

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On the Radar — Every week you can find the latest crime fiction releases right here in our On the Radar column. This week we’ll start things off in Greenland, with a fascinating thriller by Danish author Mads Peder Nordbo. There are stops in London,…
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