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Subscribe and win a Sherlock graphic novel

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Sign up to the CFL newsletter between now and 24 December 2017, and you’ll automatically be entered into our draw to in one of four graphic novels featuring Sherlock Holmes, published by Self Made Hero. Plus, of course, whether you win or not you’ll receive…
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Sherlock goes manga

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On the Radar — Our weekly news column kicks off today with a graphic novel for fans of Sherlock Holmes originally made in Japan. You even read it backwards like a kanji script. There’s also a regular selection of crime novels to choose from including…
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Holmes, passion and murder

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On the Radar — Three Sherlock Holmes short stories feature this week in The Redacted Sherlock Holmes by Orlando Pearson, and we’ve got an alternative crime fiction take on the 7/7 bombings as well as the latest Geraldine Steel mystery. Thursday is new books day…
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CIS: Judge Dee, China's Sherlock

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The story of how Dutch diplomat Robert van Gulik came to write the 16 murder mysteries featuring legendary Tang Dynasty jurist Dee Jen-djieh – AKA Judge Dee – is almost as fascinating as the novels themselves. Van Gulik (1910-1967) took an early academic interest in…
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NBA legend to pen Sherlockian mystery

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Footballer and manager Terry Venables did it in the 1970s. Champion jockey AP McCoy did it just last year. And now the former LA Lakers all-star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is to join them and write a crime novel. The retired athlete – one of the greatest…
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Rent, Shuffle and Roll's Mystery Vault

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Here’s a heads-up for UK-based crime fiction lovers who enjoy mystery board games. Rent, Shuffle and Roll is an interesting startup that gives you the chance to play hundreds of tabletop games without having to buy them – and they’ve just launched their Mystery Vault. In…
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