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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Independent publisher Starrk Raving Group is set to launch a new app giving readers access to previously unpublished novellas by a range of authors writing in crime fiction, sci-fi, horror and more.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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Celebrating the life of Jakob Arjouni

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In January crime fiction lost one of its finest with the passing of German author Jakob Arjouni, who died of pancreatic cancer aged 48. He passed away before Brother Kemal, the latest and final book in his Kayankaya mystery series, was released in English. So,…
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Bete noire to pet noir

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On the Radar — This week’s new crime releases lean towards the historical and fantastic, but we also have the return of a contemporary London serial killer, some Florida Noir, murder in Bath… oh, and I nearly forgot, the latest offering from an author who…
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Meet the crime-solving 'monkstables'

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On the Radar — This week the crime scenes range from a Colorado ski resort threatened by an ancient mystery to the distinctly unfashionable suburbs of Birmingham as we bring you the latest releases. There are also stops in Miami, and Mississippi but we’ll start…
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On the Radar: People are strange

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We’ll start off this week with some World War II intrigue. There are other crime releases set in Stockholm, Texas and Liverpool too, but we’re making a special effort not to overlook Whitley Bay. And, we’ve also got a book featuring a modern monk who…
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