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PBS puts Agatha Christie in the spotlight

By DeathBecomesHer

9 January, 2021

She’s the undisputed queen of crime, the most successful fiction writer of all time and her books have sold over a billion copies in English and a billion in translation – but what made Agatha Christie tick? Two new documentaries about to premiere on US-based PBS may…

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Blood Secret by Jaye Ford

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6 January, 2021

We’re in the quiet little Australian town of Haven Bay for this psychological thriller. Max and Rennie are driving to a friend’s birthday bash when they’re involved in a near-collision. The boy racer in the other car has attitude and flips them off as he…

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When Darkness Falls by Emma Salisbury

By DeathBecomesHer

3 January, 2021

We first reviewed Emma Salisbury around this time last year, when Flesh and Blood was published. Now DS Kevin Coupland is back in another Salford-based police procedural, the seventh in the series. And When Darkness Falls is well titled, because the subject matter of this…

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DeathBecomesHer: Top five books of 2020

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24 December, 2020

Reading has been a great solace for so many in a year when we’ve all been stuck at home, unable to travel and working hard at staying safe. Seems only right, then, that my choice of the best books of 2020 should hop and skip…

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The top five crime fiction debuts of 2020

By DeathBecomesHer

22 December, 2020

Debut authors have had quite a battle on their hands this year. With bookshops closing in lockdown and festivals being cancelled all over the place, it’s been hard to get their work out to the reading public. But Crime Fiction Lover has your back, debutants…

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Deity by Matt Wesolowski

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17 December, 2020

There are times when crime fiction reading can feel a little bit like Groundhog Day, with the same old tropes, characters and situations occurring again and again. Just when the palate feels a little jaded though, along comes an author who shatters the mould. Matt…

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Lethal Voyage by Kevin G Chapman

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24 November, 2020

Let’s put my cards on the table from the off – I’ve never really fancied a cruise, though lots of my friends swear by this form of vacation. I don’t like the idea of being stuck in the middle of the ocean with a bunch…

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Bloodhound Books: Best crime novels of 2020

By DeathBecomesHer

24 November, 2020

Well, it’s been quite a year, hasn’t it? Who knew what 2020 had in store for us all as we sang Auld Lang Syne at the stroke of midnight? But if lockdown has taught us one thing, it’s that reading rocks – and there’s been…

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PBS puts Agatha Christie in the spotlight

Blood Secret by Jaye Ford

When Darkness Falls by Emma Salisbury

DeathBecomesHer: Top five books of 2020

The top five crime fiction debuts of 2020

Lethal Voyage by Kevin G Chapman

Bloodhound Books: Best crime novels of 2020

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