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Camilleri lunchtime book club

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Love Italian food and wine? Love Italian crime fiction? Then get out your diary because restaurant Bocca di Lupo and publisher Pan Macmillan have teamed up to celebrate these two great passions with a lunchtime book club series dedicated to the author Andrea Camilleri. Camilleri is…
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New books from crime fiction's masters!

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On the Radar — It’s something of a rarity to find seven – yes, SEVEN – new books by established masters of the genre hitting the shelves at around the same time. But this week, that’s just what we have. Seven of the biggest names…
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Death in Florence

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Written by Marco Vichi, translated by Stephen Sartarelli — Italian crime writing, often preoccupied with the country’s cuisine and corruption, is among the best in the genre, yet Inspector Montalbano is really the only detective from Italy who can claim current bestseller status as a series…
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It's dagger time! Six 2012 winners announced

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The Crime Writers’ Association announced the winners of six of its prestigious daggers at an award ceremony that took place last night in London. They included – The Dagger in the Library, The Non-Fiction Dagger, The Debut Dagger, The Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, The International…
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It’s Jubilee O’Clock

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On the radar – This week we’re feeling quite festive here at CFL as it’s the Diamond Jubilee weekend in the UK. Our bunting is already out and we certainly envisage overflowing teacups, cream cakes and a plentiful supply of crime fiction to keep us…
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Police procedurals: five of the best

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It is not surprising that the police procedural is one of the most enduring forms of crime fiction. The process by which a crime is solved, and the relationships between members of the police, and those they have with family and friends, continue to fascinate….
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