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On the Radar: Ms Tree and suspense

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

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

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.

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

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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On the Radar: Feel no pain

This week sees the arrival of an unusual crime fiction character – one who feels no pain. But are they indestructible? Find out in Emma Cook’s You Can’t Hurt Me. Our lead book is followed by two novels set in Scotland, a brutal one set…
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On the Radar: It is time for stormy weather

This fine week in mid-October, our news report brings you five books by women authors. We begin with Black Storms by Teresa Solana, new Spanish crime fiction in translation. You’re also in for some Irish, Canadian and American books, with themes that lean heavily into…
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