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Chandler on film - six to watch

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During Classics in September, Crime Fiction Lover took a serious look at classic crime and its celebrated authors. It doesn’t have to be all serious though! Witness some of the films based on Raymond Chandler stories. They run the gamut from serious to silly, but…
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Interview: Adrian Magson

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Adrian Magson is known for his Gavin and Palmer series of crime novels, all of which have titles starting with the word ‘no’. There’s No Sleep for the Dead, No Help for the Dying and, yes, No Peace for the Wicked. Luckily, when we asked…
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WIN Harlan Coben's Seconds Away

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American author Harlan Coben has a true talent for penning page-turning crime thrillers. Here on Crime Fiction Lover a couple of our favourites include the standalone novels Just One Look and Tell No One, which featured one of the baddest badman found in the genre…
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Top five: America's best fictional detectives

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As far as fictional detectives go there are so many to choose from. The iconic Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Morse and Commissaire Maigret have kept crime at bay in Europe. But what about America’s fictional villains? Who tracks them down? Tonight we’re going to…
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Off The Record 2 - At The Movies

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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

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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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CIS: Derek Raymond and The Factory

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Classics In September — Our classics series has featured such household names as Arthur Conan Doyle, James M Cain and Jim Thompson, all of whom have sold millions of books, inspired film and TV adaptations and can truly be said to have stood the test…
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Interview: Michael Robotham

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Australian-born author Michael Robotham began his career as a journalist and then turned to ghostwriting, penning many best-selling autobiographies for the likes of Geri Halliwell, Lulu and Ricky Tomlinson. His novels have proved an international success and been translated into more than 20 languages. He…
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