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Santa's sack of new crime releases...

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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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Berlin to Bangkok – 11 new crime releases

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On the Radar — Never, ever complain that we don’t bring you variety, or that the radar tower at CriFi Towers doesn’t scan the deepest and darkest recesses of crime fiction. In a bumper pre-Christmas news bulletin, our crime stories range across the civilised world,…
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Win 150 ebooks from Sainsbury's

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Not to be outdone by Tesco or Amazon, UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has its own online bookshop which is selling ebooks across platforms. Whether you’ve got an iPad, Nexus, Kobo or Sony eReader, you can fill it up with crime fiction at the Sainsbury’s ebook…
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In search of murder? You've found it...

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On the Radar — There are no books by crime fiction giants in the releases this week, but we do have a selection of fine authors who have established themselves quietly, but with authority, by the quality of their writing. They range from the 1970s…
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Quarry returns in print and on TV

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Pulp hitman Quarry, created by Max Allan Collins, is to return in his 11th novel in January with the publication of The Wrong Quarry. The Vietnam vet is unusual among hitmen in that his targets are nearly always other assassins, and the people who hired…
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Tom Clancy's last farewell, and more...

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On the Radar – Today we bring you an impressive mixture ranging from the primary colour pulp and slapstick shocks of All Due Respect, along with two journeys into worlds where magic and fantasy meet crime, the fifth in a popular procedural series, and the…
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Crime novellas with Bookxy

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Independent publisher Starrk Raving Group is set to launch a new app giving readers access to previously unpublished novellas by a range of authors writing in crime fiction, sci-fi, horror and more. Bookxy will be available for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets in December….
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