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Just another sectarian killing

On the Radar — Crime publishers can hardly have caught their breath during the Christmas break, with a salvo of new books hitting the shelves during January. The 30th seems to be a particularly big day in the publishing world with numerous titles rolling out…
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Nesbo does Shakespeare

Norwegian crime fiction author Jo Nesbo – creator of the popular detective Harry Hole – is to rewrite of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In a deal announced today, he’ll be writing for the publisher Hogarth which is aiming to release a whole set of Shakespeare rewrites…
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Death is death, is death...

On the Radar — Death is death, is death, is death. It can happen in Restoration England, the frozen tundra of northern Sweden, a humid tar-paper shack in North Carolina, or on one of the Royal Navy’s finest ships. Someone dies and, thank goodness, the…
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Look who's writing for us XII

A black bird approaches. It must be an omen! A sign! A sign that Crime Fiction Lover is about to get even better. Yes, folks, today we’re announcing a new recruit to our team. Say hello to Raven, a fellow lover of crime fiction, who’s…
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The first new crime novels of 2014

On the Radar — Happy New Year, Bonne Année, Frohes Neues Jahr and, not to forget the homeland of Nordic noir, Gott Nytt år! While the rest of us are ruefully putting our lives back together after the indulgence of Christmas, publishers are fizzing and…
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Santa's sack of new crime releases...

On the Radar — This is our last latest books news column for 2013, so let’s look at what Santa Claus has brought. We begin with an outing for Washington DC’s busiest psychological profiler, Alex Cross. Scottish author Malcolm Mackay rounds off his Glasgow Trilogy,…
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