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Are crime novels killing short stories?

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While the crime novel is in rude health with huge sales for contemporary genre authors, what about the short story? It’s true that labyrinthine crime plots have always suited the novel – although Golden Age writers penned shorter novels than today’s chunky bestsellers – but…
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Lee

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Edited by Crime Factory Publications – In the annals of movie tough guys, few stand equal with Lee Marvin. Winner of an Oscar in 1965 for Cat Ballou, a comedic western, Marvin was a more versatile actor than most remember. But it’s a good thing for…
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All Due Respect

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Edited by Chris Rhatigan –– All Due Respect is edited by Chris Rhatigan, who’s also had a hand in Pulp Ink and Pulp Ink 2, so it makes perfect sense that the stories in this particular collection have one thing in common: there’s no mystery….
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In Pursuit of Spenser

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Edited by Otto Penzler – In Pursuit of Spenser will certainly shed some light on its titular iconic PI. But Otto Penzler’s edited collection of essays is even more informative about Spenser’s creator. And through Bob Parker (as contributors always refer to him), we learn…
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Smoking on Mount Rushmore

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Written by Ed Lynskey — Based in Washington, DC, Ed Lynskey likes to write about the people on the fringes of American society. The folks without steady work, with a little addiction here and there, and perhaps the occasional criminal impulses… especially when they can…
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Encounters of Sherlock Holmes

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Edited by George Mann — With Sherlock Holmes out of copyright, authors are free to use the character and his partner in crime fighting Dr John Watson in stories as they wish. Even leading authors like Anthony Horowitz have had a go. Here George Mann, who…
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Off the Record: the sequel

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Former Crime Fiction Lover contributor Luca Veste has teamed up with crime author Paul D Brazill to produce a sequel to last year’s short story compilation Off the Record. No prizes for guessing the title, but Off the Record 2: At the Movies does bring…
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