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The Killing is back... Forbrydelsen Forever!

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The wait is finally over for UK fans of Danish crime drama The Killing as the third and final series airs tonight on BBC4, with a double-bill. As with the previous two series, the storyline has three interlinking stories. Firstly there’s the crime – the…
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Crème De La Crime Fiction Lover

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On the radar – This week’s book report takes a look at four books that are due to arrive in our bookshops over the next few weeks. Kicking things off is a thriller with roots stretching back to the time of the Crusades, followed by…
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A Tale of Two Thrillers

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On the radar –– This week’s book report contains the perfect mix of thrills and spills needed to perk you up on a cold autumnal day. We start in the sweltering heat of Louisiana and the latest thriller from Zoe Sharp. Also featured in this…
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NTN: You could win a Dagger too...

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The Crime Writers’ Association is well known for the prestigious Dagger awards it gives out each year. Yesterday, the organisation opened its Debut Dagger competition, which aims to support new crime authors (and chimes very nicely with our themed month, New Talent November). The Debut…
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Classics make a comeback

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On the Radar – This week’s books news starts with two previously unpublished novellas by hardboiled noir writer Dashiell Hammett, followed by a sneak peek at the early years of the classic detective Nero Wolfe who was originally written by Rex Stout. Then we head…
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New Talent November 2012

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Welcome to New Talent November 2012, during which Crime Fiction Lover will be celebrating some of the rising stars of the genre. We’ve planned an extensive schedule of reviews, interviews and feature articles that might well have your bookshelf bulging, your Kindle smiling and your…
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Harry Hole is not dead!

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Were you left confused and befuddled by the ending of Phantom, the latest Harry Hole novel by Jo Nesbo? It ends rather ambiguously, with more than a hint that it might be the last Harry Hole novel. Well, fans of the series can rejoice because…
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The crime fiction time tunnel

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On the Radar – With the clocks going back an hour this weekend in the UK, our new books column is going into a time warp with a historical crime tail-spin. We have a case of murder most foul in a sleepy 21st century English…
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