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On the Radar: A body in Formby Woods?

9 January, 2026

Welcome back! We’ve missed you. Our news column this week is full of fascinating crime and mystery novels with settings as varied as Tuscany, Nunavut and Merseyside. And it’s that latter location where we’ll start our journey. Enjoy… Better Off Dead by Sean Watkin We’re…

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Runaway Horses by Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 January, 2025

Translated by Gregory Dowling — Runaway Horses, a mystery by the Italian literary duo Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini, was first published in Italy in the 1980s and is only now available in English. This story, which is almost impossible to describe, presages today’s trend…

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First look: Runaway Horses by Fruttero and Lucentini

By crimefictionlover

14 January, 2025

We love an attractive, artful book cover – so let’s take a moment to admire the jacket for Runaway Horses by the Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini. With a horse race central to the storyline, we see jockeys galloping across a terracotta scene,…

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On the Radar: A wild ride ahead

By crimefictionlover

10 January, 2025

Are you ready for some scheming, deadly rivalries, double dealing and stealing, not to mention the past catching up with certain people who thought they’d got away with it…? Well, you’re in the right place because this week’s crime novels offer all that and more….

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Best crime novel in translation of 2024 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

25 November, 2024

Welcome to the shortlist for the Best Crime Novel in Translation category of the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024, where we celebrate some of the finest international crime novels brought to life for English-reading audiences. This year, our shortlist includes books – all nominated by…

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The Lover of No Fixed Abode by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini

By Paul Burke

8 February, 2024

Translated by Gregory Dowling — It’s surprising it has taken so long for The Lover of No Fixed Abode to appear in English. Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini were highly respected Italian journalists and authors whose novels were bestsellers across Europe, a partnership that began…

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On the Radar: A whole world of badness

By crimefictionlover

12 January, 2024

Let’s take a midwinter journey to parts far and wide with this week’s book news, starting in Argentina with an award-winning novel by Nicolás Ferraro. Also in translation, an Italian crime classic from Fruttero and Lucentini, while David McCloskey’s spooks take us to Moscow and…

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On the Radar: A body in Formby Woods?

Runaway Horses by Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini

First look: Runaway Horses by Fruttero and Lucentini

On the Radar: A wild ride ahead

Best crime novel in translation of 2024 shortlist

The Lover of No Fixed Abode by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini

On the Radar: A whole world of badness

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