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RoughJustice: Top five books of 2017

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2017 has been another great year for crime fiction. Domestic noir has taken something of a back seat at last, and while no particular sub-genre has dominated, the year has seen formidable efforts from some of crime fiction biggest hitters. While they didn’t quite make…
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The best crime shows of 2017

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The approach to making crime shows changed after programmes like The Killing and Wallander became smash hits in Scandinavia a decade ago. Plotlines are usually drawn out over between six and ten episodes, allowing the depth, detail, nuance and atmosphere of a crime novel, not…
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NagaiSayonara: Top five books of 2017

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Without getting too political, it’s no surprise that the issues of racism and terror featured highly in crime fiction this year. On the other hand, the kind of noir that eschews the global to focus on the personal had another strong year, and this approach…
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New Talent November 2017 - a recap

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For the seventh year running, we’ve held a celebration of fresh crime writing blood here on Crime Fiction Lover and sadly it has come to an end. But our mission is complete, once again we have talked to new authors, given exposure to self-published and…
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NTN: The five best debuts of 2017

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Fresh blood is what keeps the crime fiction community sated, as they say, and while reading series by your favourite authors is guaranteed to satisfy, there’s nothing like drinking in the work of a brand new crime author. More often than not, it’s new writers who…
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First look: Front Page Murder

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It’s December 1963 and Archie Flowerdew is sitting in a cell at Wandsworth Prison waiting to be hanged. On Christmas Eve. It’s not exactly how he planned to spend the festive season. But, then, Archie was found guilty of murdering fellow comic postcard artist Percy…
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NTN: 2017's award-winning debuts

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What do crime fiction lovers, agents and publishers all have in common? They are all hungry to discover the next big thing. However, the one thing many of us lack in this pursuit is time. One sure-fire shortcut is to check out which books have…
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