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By DeathBecomesHer

15 December, 2021

Award-winning English crime author Martin Edwards has come up with a criminally good idea that will appeal to serious writers who want to hone their skills. He’s partnered with editorial consultancy Fiction Feedback to offer a different kind of online crime-writing course, called Crafting Crime. …

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Perilous Gambit by Kevin G Chapman

By DeathBecomesHer

7 December, 2021

Detectives Mike Stoneman and Jason Dickson are as New York as a hot pastrami bagel, but one of the great things about Kevin G Chapman’s series of books featuring the pair is that they tend to get about a bit. In Lethal Voyage, we had…

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The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

10 November, 2021

Here at Crime Fiction Lover we love a clever book title, and this one is a case in point. At first glance it seems all too obvious – after all, the main protagonist, LAPD Detective Renee Ballard, is on permanent night duty, working the graveyard…

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The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser

By DeathBecomesHer

8 November, 2021

The meek shall inherit the earth, or so it is said. I get the feeling that Maggie has never heard the saying. Meek is the very last word you’d use to describe this cross between Wonder Woman and Mad Max. She’s someone who acts first…

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The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

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2 November, 2021

The TV celebrity’s first foray into crime fiction, The Thursday Murder Club, sold by the truckload, won awards and divided book club members far and wide. How would Richard Osman’s ‘difficult second novel’ fare? Happily, the news is good – and anyone who has already…

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The Doctor will see you now... Ann Bloxwich

By DeathBecomesHer

1 November, 2021

We’re all about supporting new blood here on Crime Fiction Lover – and so is Dr Jacky Collins, whose latest ‘The Doctor will see you now” video interview is with Ann Bloxwich, whose first book What Goes Around came out as an eBook in the…

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Ngaio Marsh Awards 2021 – winners of New Zealand's top crime fiction awards announced

By DeathBecomesHer

1 November, 2021

It’s a great time to discover some new New Zealand crime fiction – and what better place to start than with the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Award winners? A pared-down online event held at the weekend revealed the recipients in an unprecedented four categories – Best…

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I Know You by Claire McGowan

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1 November, 2021

The striking cover, showing the fractured image of a woman, gives us a clue to Northern Ireland author Claire McGowan‘s latest psychological thriller, I Know You. Rachel is someone who keeps herself out of the spotlight. She lives a quiet life, volunteering at a Lake…

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Want to write a crime novel? Learn from the best...

Perilous Gambit by Kevin G Chapman

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

The Inheritance by Gabriel Bergmoser

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

The Doctor will see you now... Ann Bloxwich

Ngaio Marsh Awards 2021 – winners of New Zealand's top crime fiction awards announced

I Know You by Claire McGowan

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