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OxCrimes 1: Adrian McKinty

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Exclusive extracts from OxCrimes — On 15 May, Profile Books will be releasing OxCrimes, a special anthology that includes 27 short stories by some of the world’s best crime authors. They include Mark Billingham, Ann Cleeves, Neil Gaiman, Val McDermid, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Fred Vargas and…
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Crime Story event coming to Newcastle

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A new festival for crime fiction lovers is coming to Newcastle on 31 May and its organisers have come up with a twist as unique as any you’ll find in a Norwegian thriller. Crime Story will take place at the University of Northumbria, and the…
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The first new crime novels of 2014

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On the Radar — Happy New Year, Bonne Année, Frohes Neues Jahr and, not to forget the homeland of Nordic noir, Gott Nytt år! While the rest of us are ruefully putting our lives back together after the indulgence of Christmas, publishers are fizzing and…
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Crime fiction heroes head to Harrogate

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Friday 19 July will see some of the world’s finest crime authors heading to Harrogate for the 2013 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. With three days of live interviews and panel discussions planned, the bill includes Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Kate Atkinson, Lee Child and…
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Dead Water

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Written by Ann Cleeves — Some books wouldn’t be the same if they were set somewhere else. Imagine, for example, Sherlock Holmes looking for clues in Bradford, or Morse meandering around Manchester. The same applies to Dead Water, which really wouldn’t work outside of the…
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