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Val's back - and so is Poirot

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On the Radar — It’s a case of, ‘Please be upstanding and raise your glasses to the ladies,’ this week, as we look at a new Val McDermid, Sophie Hannah’s recreation of Poirot, and another nail-biting psychological drama from Ann Cleeves. And in addition to…
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WIN The White Cottage Mystery

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Every Thursday during Classics in September, we’re offering you the chance to win a classic crime novel by Bloomsbury Reader. Head to our Facebook page today and you can enter to win The White Cottage Mystery by Margery Allingham. Our draw is open until midnight…
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A Dickens of a murder

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On the Radar — We’ve seen Conan Doyle turned into a sleuth in the past – in The Revenant of Thraxton Hall, for instance, and this week we’ve uncovered a release which features none other than Charles Dickens in the role of crime solver. There’s…
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Fritz Lang's M resurrected by BFI

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One of the earliest and best psychological crime films – Fritz Lang’s M – is to be screened around the UK and Ireland starting early September. The British Film Institute is releasing a newly restored version of the German movie, promising pin-sharp picture quality and…
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Jack Reacher gets Personal

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On the Radar — Yes, this week we have the return of Reacher, but also some historical crime fiction, a crime-laden adventure in Mexico, the SAS and a monkey that’ll sever a jugular before you can say Crime Fiction Lover. Read on, and let us…
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