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On the Radar: Crime through the ages

3 December, 2021

December gets underway with some gripping mysteries and brutal crimes for detectives to solve both in the present day, and back in the past. We lead off our new books report with author Luke McCallin filling in some of the back story behind his popular…

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The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

6 May, 2021

Translated by Alexandra Fleming — In 1959, the whole population of a mining village in Norrland, Sweden, disappeared. Only two people were left behind – the body of a woman stoned to death in the village square and a baby in the school classroom. No-one…

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The Golden Child

By DeathBecomesHer

23 December, 2018

Written by Wendy James — There are some pretty nasty characters out in the world. Hit and run drivers, hostage takers, robbers, serial killers, pre-teenage girls…. And yes, I meant to include that last category. Girls approaching their teens can prove a little unpredictable –…

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Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar

By Catherine Turnbull

9 February, 2018

Written by Olga Wojtas — This time slip romp through imperial Russia has been published to coincide with the centenary of The Pride of Miss Jean Brodie author Muriel Spark’s birth. Spark’s bestselling book mined her own schooldays at James Gillespie’s High School in Edinburgh, which…

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Take our Margery Allingham quiz - win The White Cottage Mystery

By crimefictionlover

10 October, 2016

10 copies of The White Cottage Mystery up for grabs Writing in the 1920s and 30s, Margery Allingham became one of the ‘queens’ of Golden Age crime fiction, alongside the likes of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Dorothy L Sayers. She is best known for her…

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CIS: The White Cottage Mystery

By DeathBecomesHer

21 September, 2016

Written by Margery Allingham — The best thing about CrimeFictionLover’s Classics in September is that it encourages readers to step out of their comfort zones and sample some of the greats from the past. It also has a tendency of highlighting huge gaps in your…

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The Corpse with the Golden Nose

By MarinaSofia

10 April, 2013

Written by Cathy Ace — Having reviewed Cathy Ace’s debut, the Corpse with the Silver Tongue, now we move on to a cadaver with a golden nose. It seems the series could take in various parts of the anatomy and precious metals, and once again…

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On the Radar: Crash but don't burn

By crimefictionlover

19 April, 2024

Welcome back to our report on new crime fiction releases. This week we don’t have any big name authors but we do have a set of books that will grip you and take you on a suspenseful and thrilling ride. There are some crash victims…

Crime Fiction Lover

On the Radar: Crime through the ages

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar

Take our Margery Allingham quiz - win The White Cottage Mystery

CIS: The White Cottage Mystery

The Corpse with the Golden Nose

On the Radar: Crash but don't burn

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