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Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston

By Erin Britton

24 May, 2023

Horace Manning is a sinister madman. He is also a scientific genius. This combination of characteristics provides an indication of danger from the outset of Billie Houston’s Twice Round the Clock, although surprisingly, despite an atmosphere of evil hanging around him like a fog of…

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The Next to Die by Elliot Sweeney

By DeathBecomesHer

9 February, 2023

If you are a fan of gritty, urban thrillers it’s time to add crime fiction debutant Elliot Sweeney to the reading list, because The Next to Die could be right up your litter-strewn street. Meet Dylan Kaspernick, a former Met police officer who has fallen…

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On the Radar: In Cold Blood, and more...

By DeathBecomesHer

9 December, 2022

It’s a week full of good news for crime fiction lovers. Here in our news column, we’ve got five new titles for you to try with stories featuring serial killers, missing bodies, kidnappings, old family secrets – all the things that keep you turning the…

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Harrogate 2022 – the crime fiction festival has its biggest ever year

By DeathBecomesHer

25 July, 2022

Heading to the final day of the Theakston Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, I met a man walking with his young son, wobbling along on a trike. “What’s going on at the Old Swan?” he asked. “If I told you, I might have to kill…

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Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J Farmer

By Erin Britton

14 April, 2022

Death of a Bookseller, the 100th title to be published in the British Library’s sublime Crime Classics series, marks a welcome return to print for Bernard J Farmer. As Martin Edwards notes in his informative introduction to this new edition, copies of the previously long…

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Want to write a crime novel? Learn from the best...

By DeathBecomesHer

15 December, 2021

Award-winning English crime author Martin Edwards has come up with a criminally good idea that will appeal to serious writers who want to hone their skills. He’s partnered with editorial consultancy Fiction Feedback to offer a different kind of online crime-writing course, called Crafting Crime. …

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These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac

By Erin Britton

11 October, 2021

First published in 1937, the same year that ECR Lorac was elected a member of the prestigious Detection Club, These Names Make Clues is a cerebral detective story that is perhaps the most in keeping of all Lorac’s books with the conventions of the Golden…

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On the Radar: The Peculiar Crimes Unit returns

By crimefictionlover

9 July, 2021

Quirky, darkly comical and yet comforting in its own way, the Bryant & May series by Christopher Fowler is one of the best that British crime fiction has to offer. If you haven’t tried a novel from this series yet, it’s time to make amends….

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Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston

The Next to Die by Elliot Sweeney

On the Radar: In Cold Blood, and more...

Harrogate 2022 – the crime fiction festival has its biggest ever year

Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J Farmer

Want to write a crime novel? Learn from the best...

These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac

On the Radar: The Peculiar Crimes Unit returns

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