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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy revisited

19 October, 2023

While Cormac McCarthy is often hailed as the author who revived and reinvented the Western, some of his stories fit equally well within the genre we love most – crime fiction. None more so, perhaps, than No Country for Old Men, a book that sits…

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Wilderness versus civilisation in rural noir

By crimefictionlover

10 January, 2023

Jay A Gertzman, author of Beyond Twisted Sorrow: The Promise of Country Noir, explores some of the archetypes in literature that have helped shape the growing rural noir subgenre… If you care for Westerns, you have read about Shane, the lone rider whose gun frees…

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On the Radar: Christmas is murder

By crimefictionlover

18 November, 2022

Time is ticking down until the arrival of Santa Claus and even though you might not be feeling festive we are seeing Christmas 2022 crime novels hitting the shelves like well-packed snowballs. We start off with the latest, which is by British author Vicky Newham…

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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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Top 10 crime novels in disguise - by Stav Sherez

By crimefictionlover

11 January, 2014

A guest column by crime author Stav Sherez — Recently, I wrote a blog listing the top 10 crime novels you’ve probably never heard of and the inclusion of Glen Duncan’s Love Remains made me realise that some of my favourite ‘literary’ novels are actually…

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CIS: Barry Forshaw's classics of the noughties

By crimefictionlover

7 September, 2012

Classics in September — Today it’s a great honour to bring you one of Britain’s most knowledgeable crime fiction commentators. The author of Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction, Barry Forshaw also makes…

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Interview: Dan Smith

By LoiteringWithIntent

9 June, 2012

Released last month, Dan Smith’s third novel The Child Thief is already garnering rave reviews, and deservedly so. Set in 1930s Ukraine it is beautifully written and so atmospheric you may find yourself checking your toes for frostbite by the time you finish it. Dan…

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Get ready for World Book Night

By crimefictionlover

18 April, 2012

Monday 23 April has been designated World Book Night 2012 and the charity effort will see 1,000,000 free books given to needy people in the United States, Ireland and Germany. It’s an effort to promote reading and to celebrate some great fiction authors, and a…

Crime Fiction Lover

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy revisited

Wilderness versus civilisation in rural noir

On the Radar: Christmas is murder

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

Top 10 crime novels in disguise - by Stav Sherez

CIS: Barry Forshaw's classics of the noughties

Interview: Dan Smith

Get ready for World Book Night

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