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Shake, rattle and kill

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On the Radar — Cosy crime fiction, action thrillers, vintage, cold climates, World War II – we’ve got just about every kind of crime book on offer in this week’s new releases. Let’s start things off with a macabre serial killer offering, which is both a…
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The River at Night

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Written by Erica Ferencik — The buzz for this thriller started last year, when an advance proof arrived in a waterproof pouch with a little torch, map and protein bar. It transpires that all of these things would have been more use to the characters in…
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The best crime shows of 2016

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Yes, we review a lot of books here on Crime Fiction Lover. About 2000 of them so far, more or less. But when we’re resting our eyes from page and computer screen, we’re often caught enjoying our passion for crime fiction on television. Recent years…
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The Mine

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Written by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston — Janne Vuori, an idealistic investigative journalist on the staff of Helsinki Today, has a thankless job and a failing marriage. These factors ensure he is easily lured into a very big story that arrives via an anonymous email tip. The country’s…
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NTN: The Bogeyman Chronicles

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Written by Craig Watson — Edinburgh-based indie publisher Thunderpoint made its own debut back in 2013. Over the last three years, it has published an eclectic mix of novels by both established and new authors. Journalist-turned-writer Craig Watson is the latest member of the Thunderpoint stable to make his…
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NTN: Steph Broadribb interviewed

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Steph Broadribb is one of the writers you should definitely be watching out for during New Talent November, particularly if you like the kind of action seen in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series along with a strong female protagonist. Her debut novel Deep Down Dead…
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His mother's killer

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On the Radar — We’ll lead off this week with the latest David Baldacci novel, in which his series character John Puller turns his eye on catching his mother’s killer. This side of the pond, DCI Kate Daniels returns with a new case, and there’s…
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