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Best crime novel in translation 2022 shortlist

18 November, 2022

Ever since we started Crime Fiction Lover back in 2011, the site has been devoted to discovering crime fiction from all round the world. Early on, we were reviewing the likes of Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo. From Scandinavian crime fiction we expanded our translated…

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The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2022: The Shortlists

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9 November, 2022

This is the second year of the Crime Fiction Lover Awards and the excitement is palpable. Based on nominations made by Crime Fiction Lover readers, we are now able to unveil our shortlists and ask you to make your votes. A big thank-you goes out…

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Truth is a Flightless Bird by Akbar Hussain

By Paul Burke

5 October, 2022

We still don’t see much authentic African crime fiction in Britain or America, less still from Kenya, so this promising debut is to be welcomed for helping to pave the way. Truth is a Flightless Bird is an intriguing mystery about the drugs trade and…

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The End of October

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 June, 2020

Wow. Lawrence Wright must have really polished up his crystal ball before writing this medical/political thriller, released in late April. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, he has a knack for describing history and its relevance today, capturing both the big political picture and the significant…

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12 South African crime writers to add to your reading list

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

17 April, 2019

At the recent Stellenbosch Woordfees (Festival of Words), four female crime writers, anchored by fellow crime author Mike Nicol, gathered to discuss the status of crime fiction. Karin Brynard, Bettina Wyngaard, Irma Venter and Icelandic writer Yrsa Sigurdardottir reflected on the difference between the writing…

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The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge

By DeathBecomesHer

19 January, 2019

How far would you go for a bar of chocolate? I’m guessing not as far as some of the people in this thought-provoking novel, which has the shocking subject of child slavery on cocoa plantations at its dark heart. We’re mere weeks into 2019 and…

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When Trouble Sleeps

By MarinaSofia

16 October, 2018

Written by Leye Adenle — In recent years African authors making inroads into the crime genre with what has been labelled Sunshine noir, proving that murder and other dastardly deeds do not only flourish at sub-zero temperatures. South Africa has established itself at the forefront with…

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Bright lights, dead gangsters

By crimefictionlover

21 September, 2018

On the Radar — Hollywood in the 1950s seems a good place to start, but we’re not looking at a new James Ellroy novel this week. Instead new crime talent Guy Bolton brings us his second novel, The Syndicate, which sounds like it has a…

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Best crime novel in translation 2022 shortlist

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2022: The Shortlists

Truth is a Flightless Bird by Akbar Hussain

The End of October

12 South African crime writers to add to your reading list

The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge

When Trouble Sleeps

Bright lights, dead gangsters

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