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The Last Days of Johnny Nunn by Nick Triplow

By Paul Burke

16 October, 2024

Ever since his Brit grit debut, Frank’s Wild Years, Nick Triplow has been a favourite here at Crime Fiction Lover and in the British crime fiction community. One of the original organisers of the Hull Noir event, he has written a biography of inspirational North…

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A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet

By Paul Burke

11 October, 2024

Graeme Macrae Burnet is best known for his second novel, His Bloody Project, which saw huge commercial success in 2016. A dark anatomy of a 19th century Highland murder case that devastated a crofting community, it seemed a world away from his debut novel, The…

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Opal by Patricia Wolf

By Paul Burke

9 October, 2024

In 2022, Australian author Patricia Wolf introduced us to DS Lucas Walker in her debut crime novel, Outback. He’s a detective who has returned to his hometown in Northern Queensland for various reasons but being in the countryside is anything but quiet, as he discovers…

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Writing the Murder edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V Hirst

By Paul Burke

24 September, 2024

Ever wanted to write crime fiction or at least to understand how good crime fiction works? Perhaps explore the reasons why we love it so much? Writing the Murder: Essays in Crafting Crime Fiction aims to provide insight into the art of the murder mystery…

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Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness by Mark Aldridge

By Paul Burke

10 September, 2024

Even today, Agatha Christie still outsells nearly all other crime fiction writers and our fascination with her clever, quiet amateur detective, Miss Jane Marple, is evergreen. That is obvious from the continuing popularity of the TV series, even as the batten is handed between actors…

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Dead Ends by Jeffery Deaver

By Paul Burke

31 July, 2024

International bestseller Jeffery Deaver has more than 40 novels to his name and he’s one of crime fiction’s big guns. Since Lincoln Rhyme first appeared in The Bone Collector, his debut, in 1997 the series has been a bestseller and the Colter Shaw quartet has…

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The Trap by Ava Glass

By Paul Burke

26 July, 2024

It’s great to see female protagonists front and centre in modern spy thrillers and British agent Emma Makepeace is a case in point. First appearing in The Chase in 2022, she literally hit the ground running while dodging bullets as she fought to keep herself…

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The Silent Killer by Trevor Wood

By Paul Burke

22 July, 2024

Trevor Wood gained a legion of followers with his Jimmy Mullen trilogy, which began with The Man on the Street. His homeless protagonist got readers thinking about the way society treats its poorest people and how their vulnerability places them at risk of crime and…

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The Last Days of Johnny Nunn by Nick Triplow

A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet

Opal by Patricia Wolf

Writing the Murder edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V Hirst

Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness by Mark Aldridge

Dead Ends by Jeffery Deaver

The Trap by Ava Glass

The Silent Killer by Trevor Wood

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