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This Land is No Stranger by Sarah Hollister and Gil Reavill

21 April, 2021

Our continuing fascination with crime fiction from the Nordic regions has led to several non-Scandinavian authors setting their novels in Sweden, Norway, Iceland and even the Faroe Islands. However, just because you put your characters in Sweden doesn’t necessarily make your novel Nordic noir. Fortunately,…

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The Dirty South by John Connolly

By Paul Burke

6 April, 2021

The 18th book in John Connolly’s Charlie Parker series, The Dirty South is actually a step back in time to the aftermath of the brutal murder of Parker’s wife, Susan, and daughter, Jennifer, 20 years earlier. It doesn’t go all the way back to the…

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Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

5 April, 2021

Translated by Sam Malissa — If you ever find yourself on a train in Japan it’s best you forget the premise of Kotaro Isaka’s latest crime fiction novel to appear in translation. In Bullet Train there are no less than five assassins on a high-speed…

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On the Radar: Crime fiction is no laughing matter...

By crimefictionlover

26 March, 2021

Or maybe it is. It hardly ever happens, but all the crime novels here in our new books column this week come with a pinch of humour. Whether you’re riding the Bullet Train with a bunch of psychos in the latest crime novel from Japan,…

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On the Radar: A drop of the Irish

By crimefictionlover

19 March, 2021

Scottish crime fiction is booming, Wales is getting its own national crime fiction festival and this week we’re kicking off our news column with a new novel by one of Ireland’s finest and most respected crime authors, Ken Bruen. So it seems as though crime…

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On the Radar: The accidental detective

By crimefictionlover

5 March, 2021

Trying something new. It’s probably going to one of the main themes when we emerge from lockdown. Build back better, the new normal, and all of that. This week we lead with a book by a well-established author who’s trying something different, with a main…

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The Foreign Girls by Sergio Olguin

By RoughJustice

12 February, 2021

Translated by Miranda France — Investigative journalist Veronica Rosenthal in on holiday in Tucuman when she meets the foreign girls of the title, Frida and Petra. A chance encounter in a bar leads to Veronica inviting the backpackers to stay with in her holiday villa….

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Finnish crime drama Man in Room 301 coming to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

10 February, 2021

For the past few years, it seems as though Scandinavian crime shows have been losing their way a little bit. Few have managed to excite fans in the same way that Wallander, The Killing and The Bridge did when they first appeared. In 2021, that’s…

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This Land is No Stranger by Sarah Hollister and Gil Reavill

The Dirty South by John Connolly

Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka

On the Radar: Crime fiction is no laughing matter...

On the Radar: A drop of the Irish

On the Radar: The accidental detective

The Foreign Girls by Sergio Olguin

Finnish crime drama Man in Room 301 coming to BBC Four

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