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NTN: The Healing of Luther Grove

Written by Barry Gornell — With half of this year’s Booker shortlist coming from small presses, now seems like the perfect time to see what they have to offer the crime fan. Glasgow-based Freight books boasts an eclectic list of high quality fiction, non-fiction and…
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Interview: Amanda Kyle Williams

Not long ago we brought you a review of Stranger in the Room, the second Keye Street novel by Amanda Kyle Williams. Set in the US state of Georgia, it’s fast, dark and populated by strongly written characters you’ll really end up caring about. The…
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Off The Record 2 - At The Movies

Last year Luca Veste put together an outstanding anthology of short stories to raise money for two child literacy charities. Off The Record featured some crime fiction big guns alongside a host of cult favourites and emerging talents. Now he’s teamed up with Paul D…
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CIS: Revisiting Mr Ripley

Classics in September — “I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.” – Tom Ripley. Okay, so Anthony Minghella put those words into Ripley’s mouth for the 1999 film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr…
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Interview: Sara Sheridan

The Edinburgh-based author Sara Sheridan has produced a raft of critically acclaimed novels spanning contemporary and historical fiction, along with books for children and teens. So, it was only a matter of time before she turned her hand to crime. Brighton Belle, the first instalment…
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Interview: Barbara Nadel

Barbara Nadel trained as an actress and worked in mental health before taking up her pen and becoming one of the UK’s leading crime writers. She received the CWA’s prestigious Silver Dagger award for Deadly Web, one of her excellent İkmen and Süleyman novels set…
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Dead of Night

Written by Barbara Nadel — Dead of Night is the 14th book to feature Barbara Nadel’s brilliant and rather fecund Inspector Çetin İkmen, and his suave sidekick Mehmet Süleyman. At this point in the series you might expect any writer to flag a little, but…
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