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On the Radar: The stress of playing away

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The Expats, The Accident, The Travelers, The Paris Diversion – Chris Pavone is a writer we’ve enjoyed for many years here on Crime Fiction Lover and if there’s one theme running through his work it’s that he loves to take his characters away from home…
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On the Radar: It's time to wake up

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One of the most eagerly awaited crime novels of the year arrives here in our newsletter this week, and it’s also one that stretches the genre. Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon takes place in the near future and it’s one of those books were technology, secrets…
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On the Radar: The Sheriff of Raufarhöfn

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This week our new books column introduces five crime novels, including the chance to meet a new and unusual character in the genre, Kalmann, who also calls himself the Sheriff of Raufarhöfn. Yes, this is Icelandic crime fiction of the quirkiest kind – which means…
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On the Radar: Cooking up something hot

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Welcome back to On the Radar, the weekly column where we introduce a minimum of five new crime novels. What a feast we have in store today. It begins with some hot British-Asian crime fiction thanks to Ajay Chowdhury and his second novel, The Cook….
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On the Radar: A genre on fire

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Crime fiction – the genre we love – is hotter than ever. But we think the thermostat is about to pop as the American author Don Winslow returns with a brand new trilogy set in the world of organised crime in New England. We’ve seen…
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On the Radar: Life's a beach...

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…and then you read crime fiction! This week our news column starts off on a beach in the South of France for a crime story with a different pace and tone to many. French author Marion Brunet captures the characters, scenes and situations in a…
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