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On the Radar: Deadly Durham

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Things get under way with a bang in this week’s new books column as an explosion rips through the English city of Durham in LJ Ross’s latest novel. The Shrine leads off a package of five books, which also include The Girl Beneath the Sea…
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On the Radar: Beyond Fear, and more

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Isolation is a major theme in current affairs at the moment and it’s also a theme in two or three of this week’s new books. We lead off with Jaye Ford’s psychological thriller Beyond Fear, which takes us away to into the Australian countryside. But…
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On the Radar: Messing with your head

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With many parts of the world on lockdown due to Covid-19, reading is one potential escape from the tense situation going on around us. Crime isn’t everyone’s cup of tea at times like this – it can mess with your head – but for crime…
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Don Winslow's back with six novellas

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On the Radar — It’s pretty exciting when an author like Don Winslow drops you a line. We received a letter from the author last week telling us about how he’s doing the literary equivalent of changing his event. Known for his marathon crime stories…
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CFL wins Danish web prize

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Coronavirus or not, the members of the Crime Fiction Lover team are used to reading and writing in isolation. So an unexpected email from Denmark came as a welcome surprise. Sparpedia.dk has named our site as one of the Top 20 Novel and Books Blogs…
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The good old bad old days

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On the Radar — We’re living in troubled times, and as we all struggle to come to terms with what’s happening in the here-and-now it’s mighty tempting to hark back to the past. But were the good old days really all they’re cracked up to…
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Hide your bones, Tempe Brennan is back

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On the Radar — March 2020 sees the return of Kathy Reichs and her main character, Temperance Brennan. As a forensic anthropologist, there’s nothing Tempe likes more than a sack of bones – the older the better – and the chance to investigate how their…
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