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On the Radar: Give the gift of crime

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With Christmas nearly here, we wish all our readers a happy holiday season. And if you’re stuck for what to buy somebody, why not give the gift of crime? There are some great mystery suggestions among our 2024 award winners, and each of our contributors…
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On the Radar: New Chris Hammer and more

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Leading our news report this week is Australian author Chris Hammer, with the UK and US publication of his latest novel, The Broken River, set in the gold fields of the Outback. We’ve also got cosy crime fiction, some new rural noir from the US,…
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On the Radar: Ms Tree and suspense

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December is here, and while everyone else seems focused on Christmas trees and the holiday season, we’re getting ready for Ms Tree in a new collection from Max Allan Collins. And this week’s On the Radar brings glad tidings of murder and misdeeds aplenty in…
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On the Radar: It's farewell, Peter Diamond

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It’s a bittersweet moment for fans of British police procedurals will as Peter Lovesey’s Bath-based detective Peter Diamond hands in his badge. Plus, our news report brings you murder at a wedding, murder under the Arctic ice, murder in 16th century Italy and a fine-looking…
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On the Radar: Spies and killers exposed

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Thrills, suspense and danger lie ahead as we bring you five new crime and espionage novels. Spies will be exposed and killers hunted down, but it won’t be an easy ride for the ‘good guys’ in any of these books. Let’s start with William Boyd’s…
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On the Radar: To the dogs! Woof.

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Leading French thriller author Pierre Lemaitre is back and if you enjoyed his Camille Verhoeven series, you’re in for a treat as he brings an anti-heroine spin to his latest, which will delight anyone who loves a spotty dog or two. See below. We’ve also…
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On the Radar: Tricksy crime treats

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Happy Halloween, and welcome to our final crime fiction news column for October. If you’re hankering for some slightly scary crime fiction in ghostly hour, see our Six criminally spooky cosy reads for Halloween. Meanwhile, in our news you’ll have a whale of a time…
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