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First look: Breakneck by Duane Swierczynski

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After Bill Sienkiewicz, Duane Swierczynski might just have the second most unpronounceable name in comics. But it’s one you’ll never forget. He’s written The Punisher, Judge Dredd, Deadpool and X-Men, and in the world of crime fiction his Charlie Hardie series and 10 standalone novels…
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A focus on revenge

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On the Radar — April showers bring May flowers, but the latest from the author of Black Eyed Susans has a cover featuring startling red autumn leaves… and a corpse, of course. It’s our lead book as we break into spring here on Crime Fiction Lover. We’ve…
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Belgian crime show Salamander returns

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Do you remember the Belgian crime show Salamander, in which detective Paul Gerardi was drawn into unravelling a conspiracy following the robbery of some safety deposit boxes? The Flemish production had British viewers entranced when it was shown on BBC Four in 2014, attracting over…
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John Connolly is the Maine man

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On the Radar — He might be an Irishman, but John Connolly’s Charlie Parker series is set in the wooded North East state of Maine, and it’s had readers entwined ever since the first book, Every Dead Thing, back in 1999. The author’s latest starts…
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A tribute to Philip Kerr

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Crime fiction lovers were stunned and saddened to learn yesterday of the death of Philip Kerr, one of the UK’s leading authors of historical crime fiction. Born in Scotland and a graduate of the University of Birmingham, Kerr was a copywriter with the advertising agency…
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Double, double, toil and trouble...

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On the Radar — This week, a very different take on Shakespeare’s Scottish play leads our new releases list. Jo Nesbo’s version of Macbeth was on our Most Wanted list at the beginning of the year, alongside debutante Vicky Newham’s Turn a Blind Eye which…
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Come and find a new crime novel...

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On the Radar — It’s fair to say that this week we are looking at some of the biggest hitters in British crime fiction. That makes it hard to choose which to talk about first, but we’ll go with the 2015 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel…
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Tangerine dream

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On the Radar — It must be a dream come true for Christine Mangan. Not only has her debut come up top of our list in this week’s On the Radar news column, but she’s also sold the rights to Hollywood and it seems that…
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