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Never Forget by Michel Bussi

22 July, 2020

Translated by Shaun Whiteside — With its release timed to coincide with the UK’s first French Book Week and Bastille Day, Never Forget is French crime author Michel Bussi‘s latest suspense thriller and the fifth to be translated into English. Jamal Salaoui has a goal…

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The Summer of Kim Novak by Håkan Nesser

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

10 June, 2020

Translated by Saskia Vogel — Most readers will know Håkan Nesser for his popular and widely read Inspector van Veeteren series set in the fictional city of Maardam. Nesser didn’t set the series in Sweden because he loathes the stereotypical depressed characters and dark and…

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Cold-blooded crime fiction

By crimefictionlover

29 May, 2020

Despite what A Game of Thrones fans will tell you, crime fiction is really the genre you want for tales of fire and ice. Iceland is our epicentre this week, as we start our new books column off with Cold Malice, the latest from Quentin…

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On the Radar: Curator of death...

By crimefictionlover

22 May, 2020

That’s the thing with fictional serial killers, isn’t it? They want to apply their own strange notion of order on the world, and their victims are collateral damage – a necessary sacrifice, if you will – as they apply that vision. That seems to be…

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Wild Dog by Serge Joncour

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

11 April, 2020

Translated by Jane Aitken & Polly Mackintosh — Novelist and screenwriter Serge Joncour brings us a dual narrative set in a small, rural town high up in the French mountains with Wild Dog, his first novel to appear in English. The year is 2017 and…

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The Museum of Desire by Jonathan Kellerman

By crimefictionlover

10 April, 2020

Visiting LA after reading a Jonathan Kellerman novel is a wonderful experience. Described in sparse but vivid prose, the city and its suburbs, strip malls and beach-side bars are such a part of his mysteries, that once you’ve read a few novels in the 35-strong…

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You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster

By DeathBecomesHer

9 April, 2020

Do you stick to reading in one genre or are there times when you like to explore something new? Crime fiction has so many tempting sub-genres, it’s easy to make a detour or two without straying too far from the usual bloodstained path. But what…

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The good old bad old days

By crimefictionlover

20 March, 2020

On the Radar — We’re living in troubled times, and as we all struggle to come to terms with what’s happening in the here-and-now it’s mighty tempting to hark back to the past. But were the good old days really all they’re cracked up to…

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Never Forget by Michel Bussi

The Summer of Kim Novak by Håkan Nesser

Cold-blooded crime fiction

On the Radar: Curator of death...

Wild Dog by Serge Joncour

The Museum of Desire by Jonathan Kellerman

You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster

The good old bad old days

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