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Peter James voted best crime author

By DeathBecomesHer

20 February, 2015

Brighton author Peter James has been chosen as the best crime author of all time in a poll run on WH Smith’s blog. The author of books such as Dead Simple, Looking Good Dead and Dead Man’s Time pipped other famous writers like James Patterson,…

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Express train to death - Railways in crime fiction

By DavidPrestidge

27 January, 2015

One of this month’s big crime releases is The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. And when you think about it, railways have often featured as a backdrop in crime fiction. Murder on the Orient Express is, perhaps, the archetypal Golden Age crime novel,…

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NTN: Mrs Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death by Mark Reutlinger

By DeathBecomesHer

20 November, 2014

Not all crime books have to be gory, graphic or downright dangerous. For example, Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries tend to tax the brain without unsettling the stomach, while Alexander McCall Smith’s No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency books feature a traditionally built female sleuth whose most potent…

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CIS: My classics by Arne Dahl

By crimefictionlover

24 September, 2014

When Swedish literary author Jan Arnald writes crime fiction, he uses the name Arne Dahl. His books about Stockholm’s Intercrime Squad – such as The Blinded Man, Bad Blood and To the Top of the Mountain – are being translated into English and gaining plenty…

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The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

By DeathBecomesHer

13 September, 2014

If Agatha Christie is the queen of crime writing, then Val McDermid is surely her lady in waiting. She’s written 28 novels and has topped the bestseller list so many times that she deserves a free season ticket. McDermid is best known for her Wire…

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The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah

By DeathBecomesHer

9 September, 2014

Have you ever had to step into someone else’s shoes? It’s tough trying to equal, or better, what came before, isn’t it? And when that someone else is the undisputed queen of crime, the legendary Dame Agatha Christie, then you would surely have to be…

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CIS: The perfect Poirot primer

By DeathBecomesHer

6 September, 2014

Name three famous Belgians… A tough ask, I know, and one that may tax your little grey cells. Wait! There’s a clue! And as a lover of crime fiction, you’ll surely have used it to come up with the world’s number one Belgian. That’s right…

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First look: Poirot in The Monogram Murders

By crimefictionlover

5 September, 2014

They say that print is dead. Well if that’s the case then death is beautiful. Minutes ago there was a thud on the welcome mat here at Crime Fiction Lover HQ and what a thud it was. Inside the envelope we found this gorgeous printing…

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Peter James voted best crime author

Express train to death - Railways in crime fiction

NTN: Mrs Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death by Mark Reutlinger

CIS: My classics by Arne Dahl

The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah

CIS: The perfect Poirot primer

First look: Poirot in The Monogram Murders

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