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On the Radar: Take me to the bridge

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Stepping back into the mists of time to try and solve a mystery is a favourite topic for the Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason and this is a popular branch of crime fiction for readers too, so it’s great to see the second book in his…
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On the Radar: There will be killing

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James R Benn is a master of mystery and historical crime writing so it’s fantastic to begin our column this week with a collection of his short stories that skip through time and crime all at once. We’ve also got Katherine Bradley’s much publicised Orwellian…
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On the Radar: Sally Diamond is forever

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Do you love off-kilter crime thrillers? Do you love cosy crime fiction? Do you love detective procedurals? Do you love espionage? Do you love psychological thrillers? If you answered yes to one or more of the above, then read on – because our weekly news…
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On the Radar: The kind worth reading

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Peter Swanson’s The Kind Worth Saving was on our most wanted list for 2023 and this week it’s heading up our news column, followed by four other books that shouldn’t be overlooked. Cosy crime fiction is experiencing a big resurgence and we’ve got the latest…
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On the Radar: A 100-year-old murder

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We haven’t seen quite as much historical crime fiction as we’re used to so far this year, so it’s exciting to open this week’s new books report with a novel harking back to the period just after World War I. Emma Flint’s Other Women looks…
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On the Radar: Orphan X returns

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How about we get February underway with an action thriller that not only blows the cobwebs away but has the firepower to take out a medium-sized Wagner unit? The eighth Orphan X novel by Gregg Hurwitz should do the trick and if Smoak’s lightning-fast combos…
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