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Heist to meet you

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On the Radar — Welcome to our latest edition of On the Radar, where you’ll find new books every week here on Crime Fiction Lover. We’re going to start off with Glen Erik Hamilton’s latest action thriller, which sees ex-Army Ranger Van Shaw in the…
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The Secrets She Keeps

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Written by Michael Robotham — So many books create earworms, either through their titles – think Ragdoll by Daniel Cole or William Shaw’s Sympathy for the Devil – or because of the music that plays a part in the story. Douglas Skelton’s recent Tag –…
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Interview: Jordan Harper

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Jordan Harper is a name worth getting used to if you love reading crime fiction. After some excellent short stories, his first novel, She Rides Shotgun, has been published by Ecco and already we are predicting nominations and awards for the author. The book tells…
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Dis Mem Ber

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Written by Joyce Carol Oates – This collection of mostly longish short stories features Oates’s sly humour and penchant for the off-kilter. There’s something just a little bit obsessive, just a little wrong about many of the protagonists who appear. Sometimes, there’s a lot wrong. Someplace along…
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The White Road

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Written by Sarah Lotz — – South African thriller writer Lotz begins this book deep underground in Wales and finishes it on the freezing peak of Mount Everest, in Nepal. In between is a psychological thriller that teaches a cautionary lesson or two about the Internet,…
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The Night Visitor

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Written by Lucy Atkins — How far would you go to protect your reputation? In the academic world, where issues of plagiarism or biased research methods can make or break a career, the answer is: probably very far indeed. Just think of Andrew Wakefield’s now discredited…
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Raven takes flight

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Sometimes, we get so close to the subject of crime fiction that it’s easy forget just how popular the genre is. Seeing bespoke indie crime publishers like Hard Case Crime, Orenda Books and Bloodhound thriving, is fantastic. In Scotland, Contraband is devoting itself to Tartan…
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