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Philip Rafferty: Top five books of 2017

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My top five this year focuses on a series of detectives, investigators and people searching their way out of investigations who are pulled back in. Martin MacInnes’ unnamed investigator is retired but takes one more case that becomes an infinite house of mirrors. Fred Vargas’…
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Purity Brown: Top five books of 2017

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If the difficulty of choosing a top five for 2017 is anything to go by then it’s been a bumper year for crime readers and reviewers alike. As a relative newcomer to Crime Fiction Lover, my top five also includes some books reviewed by other…
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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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