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Best crime author of 2024 shortlist

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Crime Fiction Lover readers are discerning people, and they nominated a whole range of authors for this award. Our shortlist brings it down to six who have published excellent novels in 2024. Each is worthy of the Best Crime Author accolade in our 2024 awards,…
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On the Radar: The Fortnight Killer

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Just like the culprit in Stuart MacBride’s latest mystery, our new books column hits you like clockwork. You can more or less set your watch by it. And we kill every Friday rather than once a fortnight, which is great value. Let’s begin this week…
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Alpha females lead the way

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On the Radar — If you take a look through this week’s book pile, one thing will strike you. All the top books have a strong female lead. They could be a profiler like in the latest Nicci French release, an investigative journalist as in…
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Can you catch a shadow?

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On the Radar — Apologies for complaining, if you live in a hot climate, but it’s been such a furnace in the UK this week that many are starting to feel a bit charred. So we’ll begin with a book called Soot, new historical crime…
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It all drops on 5 May

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On the Radar — 5 May is a big date on the publishing calendar, with a range of big releases landing and plenty of smaller ones too. We’ve already reviewed Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard, Little Sister by David Hewson and In Too Deep…
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Whole lotta history

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On the Radar — Yes, we’ve got a whole lotta history for you today because, in addition to exciting new releases from Linwood Barclay, David Baldacci and Ace Atkins, there are four historical novels new on the shelves. Ancient Rome, Georgian London, post-war London and…
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The Forsaken by Ace Atkins

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This crime thriller series featuring Sheriff Quinn Colson of Jericho, Mississippi has been widely praised for raising the standard in Southern crime novels. It’s a puzzling characterisation. Perhaps it’s inevitable, as cultural homogenization and Wal-Mart have taken over this country, but the people didn’t behave,…
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