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Best crime novel in translation of 2023 shortlist

28 November, 2023

When we first started Crime Fiction Lover in 2011, Scandinavian crime fiction was all the rage and we dived in reading and celebrating not just Nordic noir but translated mysteries in general. It’s the perfect way to explore the world and expose yourself to different…

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On the Radar: Crimes a plenty

By crimefictionlover

17 November, 2023

Thomas the Tank Engine once sang that there were jobs for everyone – jobs a plenty. Over here in our genre, a ‘job’ means something different and indeed there are crimes for everyone in this week’s On the Radar column. We’ve got murder by drowning…

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Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night by Sophie Hannah

By Erin Britton

15 November, 2023

Is there any better gift for mystery fans than the return of the Christie for Christmas? Of course, Dame Agatha herself can’t be expected to visit from the great beyond with a fresh manuscript in hand but Sophie Hannah has donned her literary Santa suit…

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Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany

By Erin Britton

7 November, 2023

Vicki Delany’s Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas offers a welcome return to the charmingly festive yet murder-stricken town of Rudolph, New York, where Christmas spirit runs high and malice simmers beneath the surface. The sixth instalment in the Year-Round Christmas Mystery series, it’s a…

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On the Radar: Going to Motown

By crimefictionlover

27 October, 2023

It’s been a while since a book set in Detroit has featured on the site but Stephen Mack Jones is here to fix that with his new novel Deus X, which has a religious theme to it and maybe a touch of corruption as well….

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The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

By Erin Britton

25 October, 2023

It’s early December 2022 and the Fairway Players are rehearsing for their latest command performance: a one-night-only production of Jack and the Beanstalk in aid of the local church’s roof repair fund. The parts have been cast, the props procured and the set staged, and…

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Nordic Murders season 4 on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

11 October, 2023

Back in 2020, we nearly blew up our servers by posting a preview of Nordic Murders when its first season was broadcast in the UK by Channel 4. The article remains one of our most popular to this day. What is it about this German…

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The American Boyfriend by Ivy Ngeow

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

2 October, 2023

For Phoebe Wong, exchanging the miserable British weather for the balmy Florida Keys with her new boyfriend for a few weeks seems like the ideal vacation, even though she only met Carter 11 months ago on LinkedIn and they haven’t spent much time together. He’s…

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Best crime novel in translation of 2023 shortlist

On the Radar: Crimes a plenty

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night by Sophie Hannah

Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany

On the Radar: Going to Motown

The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

Nordic Murders season 4 on Walter Presents

The American Boyfriend by Ivy Ngeow

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