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A classic revisited: Call for the Dead

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For 53 years, David Cornwell has been publishing under his pseudonym John le Carré. He originally adopted the name because he was writing about fictional spies while toiling in his day job for the British Intelligence Service. Such literary excursions probably wouldn’t be allowed today….
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Interview: Adrian McKinty

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Oxford, Denver, New York, Melbourne and even Israel – Adrian McKinty has lived all over the place. However, it’s the streets of Belfast, where he grew up, that form the rainy and menacing setting in his latest series of crime novels. The books centre around…
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Interview: Wiley Cash

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Wiley Cash is a native of North Carolina who now lives in West Virginia. His debut novel was A Land More Kind Than Home, where he dealt with religious obsession, childhood, disability, and a certain kind of rural deprivation. The book was enthusiastically received by…
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Interview: Stuart MacBride

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With bestseller after bestseller to his name, Stuart MacBride has emerged as one of the leading names in crime fiction. In 2008, the Scot was named the Breakthrough Author of the Year in the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards, one year after taking the CWA’s prestigious…
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Interview: Peter May

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Novelist, TV writer and producer Peter May is best known for his highly acclaimed Lewis Trilogy, which to date has sold more than a million copies in the UK alone. His latest novel is Entry Island, a standalone novel set in Canada – but the…
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Interview: Eva Dolan

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On 2 January, Eva Dolan’s first novel will be released by Harvill Secker. It’s big news for the Essex-based author, and for Crime Fiction Lover. For over two years, she’s been a contributor here on the site as LoiteringWithIntent, and all the while she’s been…
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