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Sharon Richardson: Top five books of 2024

20 December, 2024

Readers of crime fiction have been very fortunate in the last few years and there have been so many terrific books in 2024 that narrowing this list to five was a challenge. The books that stand out for me are the ones that I catch…

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The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024: The Winners

By crimefictionlover

9 December, 2024

The horns have sounded from the citadel. The champions have been declared. Scroll down to discover the winners of the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024. But how did we get here? Well, our awards are driven by readers of crime fiction. We opened nominations across…

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Best crime author of 2024 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

3 December, 2024

Crime Fiction Lover readers are discerning people, and they nominated a whole range of authors for this award. Our shortlist brings it down to six who have published excellent novels in 2024. Each is worthy of the Best Crime Author accolade in our 2024 awards,…

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Crime book of the year 2024 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

14 November, 2024

Now that our shortlists across the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024 have been announced, let’s take a closer look at what’s up for the prize in our Book of the Year category. Every book here has been nominated by readers and there are six great…

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Guide Me Home by Attica Locke

By Sharon Richardson

11 September, 2024

Guide Me Home is the third and final book in Attica Locke’s Highway 59 trilogy about Darren Mathews, a Texas Ranger who is black. We first met Darren in Bluebird, Bluebird in 2017, which went on to win Edgar and CWA Steel Dagger awards. But…

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Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke

By Kate Vane

11 September, 2019

Heaven, My Home is the second novel featuring Texas Ranger Darren Mathews. This is a series that really should be read in order so if you want to avoid spoilers, you might want to start with Bluebird, Bluebird. This story has two stands and is…

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Fighting injustice

By crimefictionlover

30 August, 2019

On the Radar — Whether it’s racism in the South (or anywhere else for that matter), women’s rights or wrongful convictions and cover-ups, crime fiction authors are often at the front of the queue when it comes to highlighting contentious social issues. This week, two…

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Everything's bigger in Texas: 11 of the best lone star crime novels

By crimefictionlover

8 June, 2018

Crime fiction expert Craig Sisterson brings us a selection of the very best crime fiction set in the Lone Star State… Texas. A single word that evokes a dizzying array of vivid images, and stereotypes. A place of romanticised cowboys during frontier days, and romanticised…

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Sharon Richardson: Top five books of 2024

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024: The Winners

Best crime author of 2024 shortlist

Crime book of the year 2024 shortlist

Guide Me Home by Attica Locke

Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke

Fighting injustice

Everything's bigger in Texas: 11 of the best lone star crime novels

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