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The guilty and the dead

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On the Radar — With over 100 million copies sold, David Baldacci is one of the world’s biggest selling thrilled writers and this week he’s back with a new story for his hitman character Will Robie. Two new books this week feature the paranormal, and we’ve…
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Rainbow crime

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On the Radar — This week we bring you two novels with main characters from the LGBT community, along with a spectrum of other interesting concepts and crimes. Another old Gore Vidal pulp novel has been unearthed, we’ve a mystery involving a ghost, an art…
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Who will win Dagger in the Library 2016?

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Nominations are now open for the Crime Writers’ Association’s 2016 Dagger in the Library Award, and the winner will be chosen by the readers themselves. It’s a unique part of the Dagger awards, because it celebrates an author’s entire body of work rather than just one book and…
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Nights get colder, crime gets cosier

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On the Radar — Halloween is done and dusted and anyone involved in selling just about anything is now thinking Christmas. Including crime publishers. We start with a couple of harder edged offerings, but from then on it’s cosy all the way. The Promise by Robert Crais This…
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Alex Cross goes home

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On the Radar — For all James Patterson’s constant output, Alex Cross is his standout creation, and the good doctor heads up our selection of new releases this week. Spies, kidnapping, an Italian take on Scotland Yard, short stories and plenty more are on offer…
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Domestic noir discussed at Piccadilly

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The Piccadilly branch of Waterstones in central London was last night the scene of a dramatic and intriguing discussion on crime fiction’s celebrated new sub-genre: domestic noir. Ringmaster at the proceedings was crime expert Barry Forshaw, who tamed a threesome of talented authors including Laura…
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