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Alpha females lead the way

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On the Radar — If you take a look through this week’s book pile, one thing will strike you. All the top books have a strong female lead. They could be a profiler like in the latest Nicci French release, an investigative journalist as in…
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Cold Desert Sky, and more...

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On the Radar — With a trip back to 1946 Los Angeles, British author Rod Reynolds takes us into James Ellroy’s stomping ground in our lead book this week. How will he fare as his journalist Charlie Yates investigates the deaths of two actresses? Cara…
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New prize for BAME crime authors

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Though writers like Lionel Shriver might not like it, Penguin Random House has made a commitment to reflecting Britain’s ethnic diversity in the writers it signs. As part of that intention, imprint Harvill Secker has joined forces with the crime fiction festival Bloody Scotland to…
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Do you believe?

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On the Radar — There’s a bit of a religious theme emerging among some of the books in this week’s new crime fiction report. In Martyn Waites’ latest, ancient Celtic beliefs come to the fore, while we could probably make a convent-ional joke about nuns…
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Take a seat in the Oval Office

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Former US president Bill Clinton and American crime author James Patterson will be promoting their joint writing venture – The President is Missing – by giving crime fiction readers the chance to visit the Oval Office next week. Well, not the Oval Office, but a…
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