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First look: Ten Year Stretch

28 April, 2018

They write about death, but this time they’re doing it for a good cause. That’s right. To celebrate 10 years of CrimeFest – the crime fiction shindig held annually in Bristol – 20 of the world’s top authors have teamed up to produce Ten Year…

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Alive in Shape and Color – Edited by Lawrence Block

By crimefictionlover

1 January, 2018

That wily fox of Manhattan crime writing Lawrence Block has been weaving his Matthew Scudder stories for over 40 years now. In his own contribution to Alive in Shape and Color, which he edits, we find Scudder and his wife sitting on the piazza in…

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Murder on Christmas Eve

By MarinaSofia

6 December, 2017

Edited by Cecily Gayford — Following Murder Under the Christmas Tree last year, this is the second collection of mysteries for the festive season produced by Profile Books. The appeal of such seasonal anthologies? Well, it represents a safe choice of Christmas present for the…

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CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour

By Catherine Turnbull

2 December, 2017

Edited by Martin Edwards — If you are planning a virtual escape to far-off lands over Christmas, this is a great collection of adventurous short stories to take with you. But, expect to be chilled, even when trekking in the heat of South Africa, dipping your toes…

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NTN: Discover your new favourite crime author

By Vicki Weisfeld

15 November, 2017

Whether you read a few books a year or several a week, your reading time is precious. Review sites like Crime Fiction Lover have become so popular because we help readers quickly and reliably find good books and new, fresh authors. Whether your favourite crime…

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First look: Alive in Shape and Color

By crimefictionlover

11 November, 2017

We’ll be honest. Short stories don’t often set the place on fire here at Crime Fiction Lover. Most readers are more interested in novels and our reviews of anthologies aren’t always very popular. But that wasn’t the case with In Sunlight or In Shadow, the…

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A Spot of Folly: Ten and a Quarter New Tales of Murder and Mayhem

By Catherine Turnbull

7 October, 2017

Written by Ruth Rendell — These previously uncollected or new short stories are a masterclass in how to deliver psychological suspense in domestic settings and an antidote to some publishers’ current zeal for packaging and claiming grip-lit and domestic noir as a nearly-new phenomenon. Although Ruth…

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The Allingham Casebook

By nagaisayonara

18 June, 2017

Written by Margery Allingham — Writing a short story is like packing for a low cost holiday. When you’ve got a limit on how much you can put in, you have to make choices. You have to make sacrifices. This collection of 18 stories by Golden…

Crime Fiction Lover

First look: Ten Year Stretch

Alive in Shape and Color – Edited by Lawrence Block

Murder on Christmas Eve

CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour

NTN: Discover your new favourite crime author

First look: Alive in Shape and Color

A Spot of Folly: Ten and a Quarter New Tales of Murder and Mayhem

The Allingham Casebook

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