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Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

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The Yorkshire town of Harrogate is going to be hit by a four-day crime wave from Thursday 19 July. No, they’re not staging their own mini version of last summer’s riots. Rather, Thursday sees the return of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival along…
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Holiday in Cambodia? The latest new crime releases...

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On the radar — The world’s favourite sleuth, Sherlock Holmes is back in a mystery where he’ll take on a character created by another literary heavyweight. This time he’s up against Dr Moreau. But these great characters haven’t been handled by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle…
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First look: The Bat by Jo Nesbo

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We don’t want to ignite a flaming wall of envy among fellow fans of Scandinavian crime fiction, but something seismic happened today at CFL HQ. The very first Harry Hole novel, penned by Jo Nesbo in his native Norwegian 15 years ago, arrived on the…
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Murder on the bus

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On the radar – This week our radar has picked up a strong signal from a publisher with a growing crime stable – Constable & Robinson. They’ve got a great selection from July and going forwards. We start the ball rolling in medieval Glasgow with…
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Morgue drawers and murder...

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On the radar — England, Germany and, yes, Scandinavia! This week our selection of new and forthcoming crime fiction definitely has a Northern European, Teutonic accent to it. So bring on the mead and ale, or… erm… put the kettle on, because we’ve got some…
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Stepping back 55 years with Harlan Ellison

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On the radar – As RoughJustice pointed our on our site a week or two ago, plenty of hot new books are being released this summer. Our radar this week has picked up books falling into the categories of something old, something new, and a…
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