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CIS: The classics of Tartan noir

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Scottish crime fiction has a long and lustrous history. Whether set in Scotland or written by Scots there is a wealth of classics from which to choose. Our feature includes some of the earliest examples as well as modern works by still-active authors – all…
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CIS: The Big Sleep revisited

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It’s impossible to imagine a proper historical survey of noir fiction without reference to Philip Marlowe, the iconic character created by Raymond Chandler in his ground-breaking 1939 debut novel The Big Sleep. Marlowe is the prototypical hardboiled private eye. Street-smart and tough, he reads people and situations at…
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Welcome to Classics in September 2017

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It’s become a tradition with us. Every September we go back to school and check out some of the best classic crime fiction. We find it exhilarating and inspiring. This year we’ve got plenty planned, aided and abetted by our sponsors at Bloomsbury Reader, who…
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Interview: Lynda La Plante

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A legendary screen writer, Lynda La Plante’s greatest creation is Jane Tennison, the detective inspector played by Helen Mirren who dominated TV screens in the 1990s series Prime Suspect. She won an Edgar Award for her work on the series in 1993, but has so…
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Crime Fiction Lover at six

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It’s our birthday… Six years ago, Crime Fiction Lover was born and nobody visited our site! The next day, 35 fans of the genre paid us a visit to enjoy articles like this look at the top five female crime authors, or a review of…
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