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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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On the Radar: Rebus 24

Edinburgh’s man in black, Ian Rankin, is such a legend that he’s been invited to the launch of The Cure’s new album. We hope Robert Smith is reading because as he puts the finishing notes to the band’s 14th LP, Ian Rankin is about to…
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On the Radar: A crazy ride

You never know what crime fiction authors will come up with next and today we’ve got books that feature everything from a pro wrestler turned detective riding a bronco to opal prospectors in Australia and on to… um… a nuclear meltdown in Japan. What a…
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On the Radar: Holmes and Moriarty return

Yes, two titanic adversaries return this week in the latest novel by Gareth Rubin. Plus there’s a new Dick/Felix Francis novel to gallop away with, a people smuggling spy thriller set in Istanbul, and a novel by Moriarty – just a different one. Oh, and…
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