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Ten books featuring real writers as sleuths

By Catherine Turnbull

11 November, 2019

One of the best things about the crime fiction genre is the passion of the authors working in it. They put no end of research into their books and will read the classics of the genre over and over again in order to learn from…

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First look: Cromwell Stone

By crimefictionlover

7 November, 2019

Of course we’ll call out cheating in crime novels whenever possible, such as when authors use the supernatural as a get-out at the end of a mystery. However, do feel free to call us hypocrites when we say we also love a crime story tinged…

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The Sinner season 2 coming to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

5 November, 2019

The Sinner is a show with a rare and interesting premise. It focuses on cases where the police appear to have a dead-tight case against the culprit. In season one there were dozens of witnesses to the brutal stabbing that kicked off the storyline. With…

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The Team is back as Euro crime returns to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

29 October, 2019

When cross-border collaboration is needed to crack a case, Europol forms a team of detectives from different countries – and that’s exactly what happens after the violent opening sequences of The Team season 2, which will begin airing on UK channel More4 and Walter Presents…

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Five of the best domestic noir novels with Barry Forshaw

By crimefictionlover

22 October, 2019

Barry Forshaw, author of the new Crime Fiction: A Reader’s Guide, points us towards some important entries in the hottest of current crime genres… Author and journalist Barry Forshaw is one of the UK’s leading authorities on crime fiction, and has written a bookshelf worth…

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Interview: Sally Andrew

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

16 October, 2019

At the foot of South Africa’s Swartberg Mountains lies Ladismith. This remote little Klein Karoo town is the home of South African crime writer Sally Andrew as well as her inimitable main character, Tannie Maria van Harten. Tannie is Africa’s most famous crime-busting agony aunt,…

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Giri/Haji – new BBC drama with a Japenese edge

By DeathBecomesHer

15 October, 2019

Remember how Robert Mitchum when to Japan in The Yakuza? Or how Michael Douglas was an American in Tokyo in Black Rain? Well, the BBC is set to flip that East-West crime fiction paradigm around. Giri/Haji is a fascinating new series that sees a Japanese…

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Dublin Murders coming to BBC One

By crimefictionlover

9 October, 2019

The Dublin Murder Squad series of crime novels by Tana French are being adapted for television by the BBC and RTE. Starting on Monday 14 October, BBC One will be broadcasting Dublin Murders, a crime show based on the books In the Woods and The…

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Features

Ten books featuring real writers as sleuths

First look: Cromwell Stone

The Sinner season 2 coming to BBC Four

The Team is back as Euro crime returns to Walter Presents

Five of the best domestic noir novels with Barry Forshaw

Interview: Sally Andrew

Giri/Haji – new BBC drama with a Japenese edge

Dublin Murders coming to BBC One

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