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The Descent by Paul E Hardisty

5 March, 2024

The Descent is the follow-up to the 2023 eco-thriller The Forcing by Canadian author Paul E Hardisty. Once again, the environment is front and centre in Hardisty’s post-apocalyptic world, with the author conjuring a clear image of the careless way we have allowed the gradual…

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The War Widow by Tara Moss

By Sharon Richardson

28 February, 2024

Billie Walker does not want to accept that she is a war widow, even though it has been a couple of years since she last saw her husband. Nor does she have any intention of working as a reporter for the society pages. She enjoyed…

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On the Radar: Everyone on this site is a suspect

By crimefictionlover

19 January, 2024

OK, everybody, it’s time to get metafictional. We think the most interesting new book in this week’s report is one in which the author himself plays a role in the mystery – Everyone on This Train is a Suspect, from the Australian author Benjamin Stevenson….

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On the Radar: Snow is forecast

By crimefictionlover

7 January, 2024

The first two crime books in our first news column of January 2024 are suitably wintry. In both Helle and Death and Blizzard, severe snow impacts the plot, but in very different ways as one is a mystery and the other more of a thriller….

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Best crime show of 2023 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

30 November, 2023

There have been a lot of great crime shows in 2023. It sounds like a platitude, but when we opened this category for nominations we simply couldn’t have envisaged that this shortlist would emerge. The genre is popular and with all the streaming platforms plus…

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Chris Hammer's Scrublands – now a must-watch crime drama

By crimefictionlover

16 November, 2023

Back in 2019, we were infatuated with Australian author Chris Hammer’s novel, Scrublands. Set in a drought-shrivelled town in New South Wales, this brutal whydunnit has been made into a four-part crime drama which begins airing Thursday 16 November in Australia via Stan. At 9pm…

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The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 – vote for your winners

By crimefictionlover

9 November, 2023

For the third year in a row, we’re running the Crime Fiction Lover Awards, where readers get to nominate and vote on the winners. Based on the nominations we received, below we reveal the shortlists for 2023. It’s time to vote! We’d like to say…

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Taste testing criminal cocktails with Agatha Whiskey by Colleen Mullaney

By Dave Bradley

19 September, 2023

What’s your poison? Many of us enjoy sipping a tipple while we sit and read. But take care: poisons account for over half of the deaths in Agatha Christie’s canon, more than 30 murders. So be sure to swirl that drink and sniff it for…

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The Descent by Paul E Hardisty

The War Widow by Tara Moss

On the Radar: Everyone on this site is a suspect

On the Radar: Snow is forecast

Best crime show of 2023 shortlist

Chris Hammer's Scrublands – now a must-watch crime drama

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 – vote for your winners

Taste testing criminal cocktails with Agatha Whiskey by Colleen Mullaney

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