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French crime fiction: five to discover

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French readers are voracious consumers of crime fiction. One in five books sold in France is a polar – a shortening of roman policier, which means crime novel. All the major publishing houses have an imprint or series specialising in crime fiction or noir novels, usually…
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Serial killer novels: 10 of the best

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The traditional definition of a serial killer is a person who has killed three or more people. Individuals who can single-handedly spread this kind of death and destruction have been a terrifying part of our collective conscience for centuries. Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer,…
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My Bloody Valentine: five mysteries to love

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It’s Valentine’s Day and whenever there’s romance in there air, a crime of passion is always a possibility. Still we thought we’d put our thinking caps on and find some crime fiction, mixed with an appropriately amorous vibe, just for the ladies out there who…
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Peter Temple's Australia

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Imagine prose written by a journalist who has been cudgeled by hard-nosed editors into saying as much as possible in the fewest words. Then add the imagination of a poet and the compassionate humility of a medieval saint. Swirl these strands together and you have…
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Forensic mysteries: five of the best

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There’s no denying that forensic science is fascinating in all of its incarnations, a fact made even more obvious by the popularity of television shows such as the CSI franchise, Bones, Dexter, Cold Case, Silent Witness and many others. The human body holds many secrets,…
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The Voss & Edwards treasure hunt

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HarperCollins and authors Louise Voss and Mark Edwards are holding an online treasure hunt across a series of blogs and websites – the main prize is a brand new Kindle Fire. There are also signed books for the runners up. It’s all being done to…
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