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Crime book of the year 2024 shortlist

14 November, 2024

Now that our shortlists across the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024 have been announced, let’s take a closer look at what’s up for the prize in our Book of the Year category. Every book here has been nominated by readers and there are six great…

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The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024: The Shortlists

By crimefictionlover

11 November, 2024

For the fourth year running, Crime Fiction Lover and its readers are celebrating the best in the genre with our awards. The shortlists for the 2024 accolades are ready, and now we’re inviting crime fiction lovers everywhere to vote on their winners. Across the six…

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Harrogate 2024 Report: Crime fiction is HOT this summer

By DeathBecomesHer

21 July, 2024

Sub-tropical temperatures brought fans of both kinds out in force at this year’s record-breaking Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2024 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, which ran from Thursday 18 July to Sunday 21 July. On Friday morning and early afternoon, savvy publishers were handing…

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Under southern skies: 13 fresh, exciting antipodean crime writers to try

By crimefictionlover

17 June, 2024

Today we’re joined by Craig Sisterson, CWA Daggers judge and editor of Dark Deeds Down Under 2, a fascinating new anthology of Australian and New Zealand crime and thriller stories. Craig’s HRF Keating Award-shortlisted guidebook, Southern Cross Crime, shone a light on the treasure trove of modern…

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On the Radar: Time for a serial killer thriller

By crimefictionlover

24 May, 2024

There are some high quality reads on the way and top of our pile this week is the latest from Chris Carter. He’s an author with a huge and dedicated following, and for good reason – the knowledge he built up as a criminal behaviour…

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On the Radar: Blood infusion

By crimefictionlover

12 August, 2022

The American author Chris Carter and his serial killer catcher Robert Hunter return this week to head up our new crime books column. As you’ll know if you’ve read a book in this series, the blood drips from the pages when Chris Carter writes and…

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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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The most wanted crime novels of 2021

By crimefictionlover

31 December, 2020

What are you most looking forward to in 2021? No, don’t answer that. We know. It’s fantastic new crime novels, isn’t it? Well, you’ve come to the right place. 2020 has been a tough year, and many countries will begin 2021 with COVID lockdowns still…

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Crime book of the year 2024 shortlist

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024: The Shortlists

Harrogate 2024 Report: Crime fiction is HOT this summer

Under southern skies: 13 fresh, exciting antipodean crime writers to try

On the Radar: Time for a serial killer thriller

On the Radar: Blood infusion

12 chilling crime reads for Halloween 2021

The most wanted crime novels of 2021

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