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Bete noire to pet noir

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On the Radar — This week’s new crime releases lean towards the historical and fantastic, but we also have the return of a contemporary London serial killer, some Florida Noir, murder in Bath… oh, and I nearly forgot, the latest offering from an author who…
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CWA 2013 Dagger Winners Revealed

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Debut authors Derek B Miller and Roger Hobbs have tonight picked up coveted CWA Dagger awards at the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. The CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year went to Dead Lions by…
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The Thirty-Nine Steps interactive

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Digital books. Yes they’re inexpensive and they save trees, but when you’re reading one on an iPad or Android tablet, you’re only using a fraction of the computing power available. The Story Mechanics – in a joint venture with Faber and Faber and various other…
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Features

Interview: Phil Rickman

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Phil Rickman is probably best known for his Merrily Watkins series. Set in Herefordshire and the Welsh borders they feature Merrily Watkins, the attractive, widowed vicar of Ledwardine. However, Merrily isn’t your average country vicar. She’s trained in exorcism or, to use the modern euphemism,…
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