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Andre: Top five books of 2013

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Setting is hugely important to a crime story and my favourite novels took in Oslo, Cardiff, Istanbul, Baghdad, Edinburgh and Devon. Yet it’s an entirely Anglo-centric list of authors; where is the Scandinavian, French and Italian crime-writing contingent? I’ve always been a fan of translated…
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CWA votes on best crime novel ever

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Remember, remember the fifth of November. In the UK it’s the day when we recall Guy Fawkes, and the Gunpowder Plot, and reanact the anti-Catholic pogroms that followed by chucking ‘The Guy’ on the bonfire. The Crime Writers’ Association has something even more incendiary planned…
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Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer

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Having won the CWA Gold Dagger for her audacious 2010 debut Blacklands, about a 12-year-old boy who corresponds with a jailed child killer, Belinda Bauer promised to be one of those writers capable of leading the reader into some unsettling places. She’s done it again…
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The CWA's 2013 Dagger Awards

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Last night saw the UK’s Crime Writers’ Association celebrating its 60th anniversary, and six of its envied Dagger Awards were given out. It’s fitting that on Bastille Day, two French authors shared the International Dagger Award – Pierre Lemaitre (pictured) for Alex, and Fred Vargas…
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Milo's crime picks for February

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Today we’re welcoming Miles to Crime Fiction Lover for his first monthly guest column. Miles runs the blog Milo’s Rambles which features an array of book reviews and articles. We’ve invited him across to share with us his favourite crime, mystery and thriller books from…
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