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The Never List preview...

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It’s great when publishers put a little extra attention to detail into the covers and presentation of the books they release. A good case in point is the early copy of The Never List, by Koethi Zan, which we’ve just received from Harvill Secker. The…
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Murder, beautiful murder

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On the radar — This week’s book report has a distinctly European flavour to it with all of our books focusing on crimes with their roots in the past. We start our travels in Germany with a modern day fairytale that’s every bit as dark as…
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Mr Nice with a Score to settle

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For this week’s book report we thought we’d fix ourselves firmly in the present – after four historical releases last week -and these new releases will definitely satisfy any crime fiction habit. Big authors here too – Ace Atkins, Nora Roberts and to add to…
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Nordic noir for your pocket

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A book has arrived here at Crime Fiction Lover headquarters that looks like it could be the perfect gift for the Scandinavian crime fiction lover in your life. Barry Forshaw‘s Nordic Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Film & TV is just…
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Lyon to host huge crime festival

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The French city of Lyon is to host a major crime fiction festival over the Easter weekend – 29 March to 1 April. A whole range of authors from France and beyond will be descending on the city for the 9th annual Quais du Polar…
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The young guns of historical crime fiction

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On the radar – This week’s report takes a look at some welcome returns by three British young guns of crime fiction and another one from across the pond. All four titles we bring you present a chance to step back in time as their…
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Facebook competition winners - week 3

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Week three of our Free Books on Facebook in February competition has been unbelievable and hundreds of readers have entered – far more than we expected. We’ve been busy sending out books and the people at the post office are starting to hate us. I don’t…
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