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Interview: Tony J Forder

10 November, 2021

No matter how successful a series of crime novels is, at some point it makes sense to start over, create something new and refresh your creativity. For British crime author Tony J Forder, that time has come. His DI Bliss crime thriller series has become…

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The Commandments by Óskar Gudmundsson

By crimefictionlover

9 November, 2021

Translated by Quentin Bates — You’ll be able to guess from the cover of this debut novel by Icelandic author Óskar Gudmundsson that it has a religious theme. More specifically, it’s about historic abuse in the church – a topic that has come to light…

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OJ's Knife by John Gibson

By Paul Burke

5 November, 2021

OJ’s Knife is a fast-paced and entertaining speculative pulp novel in the Mickey Judge series. It’s based on a fictional hunt for the weapon that killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994, crimes for which Nicole’s husband, the American Football legend and film…

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Better Off Dead by Lee and Andrew Child

By Paul Burke

26 October, 2021

If ever there was a case of ‘it does what it says on the tin’ in crime fiction it’s the Jack Reacher novels. We really know what to expect and we get it every time. When it comes to ‘what would Reacher do?’ the answer…

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When Things Get Dark – Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

21 October, 2021

Edited by Ellen Datlow — In 2018, when Netflix released The Haunting of Hill House, a whole new audience was introduced to renowned American horror and mystery writer Shirley Jackson’s work. Although the series is based on one of Jackson’s six novels she was best…

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12 chilling crime reads for Halloween 2021

By crimefictionlover

18 October, 2021

Why do we love crime fiction? Maybe one of the reasons is that it’s the genre where the monsters seem real – well, they don’t rely on magic, spells or supernatural powers to carry out their work. Usually it’s very human stuff. Or inhuman, in…

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On the Radar: Ready for blast off

By crimefictionlover

8 October, 2021

What a week for the crime fiction genre. You could say it’s out of this world. For a start, the astronaut Chris Hadfield is launching his crime fiction debut and it sounds pretty intriguing. It’s a ‘what if…’ conspiracy story set around the abandoned Apollo…

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A Few Days Away by Tony Knighton

By Paul Burke

4 October, 2021

A Few Days Away is a hard-edged contemporary noir novel with a relentless anti-hero – a thief with no name. He is hell-bent on revenge and recovering the money that went missing after a bungled robbery that left his partner dead. It’s the second in…

Crime Fiction Lover

Interview: Tony J Forder

The Commandments by Óskar Gudmundsson

OJ's Knife by John Gibson

Better Off Dead by Lee and Andrew Child

When Things Get Dark – Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson

12 chilling crime reads for Halloween 2021

On the Radar: Ready for blast off

A Few Days Away by Tony Knighton

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