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You are cordially invited... to die!

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On the radar — Welcome to our weekly report on new books. Waiting for your predilection are a new case for Stav Sherez’s detectives Carrigan and Miller, and the launch of a new mystery series from debut crime writer Jonelle Patrick. Starting things off, though, we…
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The Tooth Tattoo

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Written by Peter Lovesey — An award-winning crime fiction veteran, Peter Lovesey is back with a new novel in his Peter Diamond series, set in the Georgian city of Bath. In The Tooth Tattoo, we meet Mel Farran, a freelance viola player who is on his…
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Swear Down

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Written by Russ Litten — Swear Down is the difficult second novel for Hull-based author and scriptwriter Russ Litten. His first was Scream If You Want To Go Faster, which poignantly studied a series of different characters attending the last day of the Hull Fair, Europe’s…
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Ghost riders in the Norwegian night

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On the radar – This week’s book report has a continental feel to it, and a trio of Scandinavian crime fiction releases, and something very interesting set in France. Plus, for lovers of classic crime fiction, a whole series of James M Cain novels has…
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Lucy: Top five books of 2012

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2012 has been a great year for crime fiction with some excellent new writers appearing, as seen in New Talent November. This made it particularly difficult to pick my top five books. And with all five having the qualities to be number one, it was…
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NTN: Canada's best new crime authors

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During New Talent November 2011 Canadian correspondent HoCam chose Robert Rotenberg, Ian Hamilton, Hilary Davidson, Robin Spano and John McFetridge as the new writers to watch. Since then we’ve seen them bringing out fine new books and Ian Hamilton won the Arthur Ellis Award for…
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Interview: Amanda Kyle Williams

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Not long ago we brought you a review of Stranger in the Room, the second Keye Street novel by Amanda Kyle Williams. Set in the US state of Georgia, it’s fast, dark and populated by strongly written characters you’ll really end up caring about. The…
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