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Dinner with Val McDermid

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Porcini Restaurant in West Dulwich, London, will be the setting when Val McDermid sits down to dinner with a room full of crime fiction loving guests on Thursday 15 November. Hosted by Dulwich Books, the woman dubbed the Queen of Crime will be discussing her…
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Martin Beck on BBC Radio 4

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A few days ago we told you about how Modesty Blaise is returning to the airwaves thanks to a BBC serialisation of A Taste For Death. Well, there’s a treat on the way for lovers of Scandinavian crime fiction too – Radio 4 is running…
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Richmond turns to crime

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If you’re a crime fiction lover and live in south west London or can easily get there, it might be worth putting 1 November into your diary. The opening evening of the Richmond Literature Festival this year will be dedicated to the genre, with a…
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Modesty Blaise is back

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The 1960s crime-fighting icon Modesty Blaise is making her return as this December BBC Radio 4 will be serialising the Peter O’Donnell novel A Taste for Death. Daphne Alexander will be voicing the character in a story that sees Blaise and her partner facing up…
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The Daggers 2012

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Who would you give a crime writing dagger to this year? Last night Grosvenor House in London hosted a dinner and awards ceremony for The Crime Writers’ Association and the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, which saw the awarding of three of the CWA’s prestigious…
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Welcome to fascist Britain... and more!

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On the Radar- This week’s new books report focuses in on four very different books that share the same release date – 25 October. And there’s a fascinating range of concepts in this week’s selection, starting in 1952 with a vision of what life could…
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Ian Rankin to headline at Melbourne

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Here’s a little bulletin for our readers down under… Get yourself over to the Crime and Justice Festival hosted in Melbourne 16-18 November, and you’ll have the chance to hear star crime author Ian Rankin speak. The festival will be celebrating 25 years since the…
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Father Christmas investigates

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On the radar – It’s Super Thursday – today is traditionally the day when publishers release the books they hope will vie for a position on the Christmas bestseller’s chart. Two books crime thrillers hoping to make that sales list this year are Lee Child’s…
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