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It's a Dark Dawn at the Devil's Chimney

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On The Radar – British authors lead the charge again this week in our new books update with themes including both vigilante justice and night-time creepers. But we also have a novel set in Thailand where taking a break won’t involve sipping cocktails on the…
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CWA Dagger in the Library longlist announced

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The longlist for the CWA Dagger in the Library has finally been announced. The Crime Writers’ Association awards various daggers to crime authors, and this one reflects the favourites as nominated by library users. Earlier in the year, we reported that the crime fiction genre…
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New books: meet Mr Glamour the fashion assassin

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On the radar — This week our new books radar is picking up a strong signal from Britain and there’s an emphasis on police procedural crime fiction. Gangsters, a possible serial killer, a fashion assassin and a curve ball into Icelandic crime fiction all make…
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Suspect X and more - new crime audiobooks

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Our first on the radar outing this week is a rather special one because all of the books featured, are audiobooks. Here at CFL we like to take a look at good crime fiction and thrillers across all formats, but we have yet to review an…
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Top 10: Your favourite crime books

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It’s always interesting to see which books are doing well in the charts. Amazon has its charts and the publishing industry has regular sales updates. Here at Crime Fiction Lover we measure how popular books are by using our website traffic figures and looking at…
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Mickey Spillane and the lost Hammer novel

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In May 2012, Titan Books are set to release a book that should have Mickey Spillane fans queuing around the block. Lady, Go Die was originally intended to be the second Mike Hammer novel after I, The Jury, but due to a twist of fate it…
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