Denise Mina

On the Radar: Philip McMarlowe with Denise Mina

30 June, 2023

Okay, okay. Maybe I might be a wiseguy or a wazzock – you decide – but the transatlantic partnership between Scottish crime author Denise Mina and the legendary LA detective Philip Marlowe is as surprising as it is exciting. Historic too. The Second Murderer is…

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Harrogate 2022 – the crime fiction festival has its biggest ever year

By DeathBecomesHer

25 July, 2022

Heading to the final day of the Theakston Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, I met a man walking with his young son, wobbling along on a trike. “What’s going on at the Old Swan?” he asked. “If I told you, I might have to kill…

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Confidence by Denise Mina

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 July, 2022

Denise Mina is back with the second in her new ‘C-series’, featuring Anna and Fin. 2019’s Conviction introduced us to podcast fanatic Anna McDonald and rockstar Fin Cohen as their lives were turned upside down by failed marriages and they embarked on a non-romantic adventure…

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On the Radar: All you need is Confidence

By crimefictionlover

24 June, 2022

The award-winning Scottish crime author Denise Mina returns to the top of the bill here in our new books column this week as she prepares for the launch of Confidence, the second novel featuring her accidental sleuths Fin and Anna. We also have a debut…

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My crime classics by Steph Cha

By crimefictionlover

4 November, 2021

American crime fiction is changing, and one of the people driving that is the Californian author, Steph Cha. Of course, it always has been changing, but Steph is a writer who has brought a much needed fresh perspective on things. She’s a Korean American and…

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Ten of the best crime novels about journalists

By Kate Vane

21 February, 2020

Crime Fiction Lover contributor Kate Vane’s new crime novel, Still You Sleep, features online journalist Tilda Green and crime reporter Freddie Stone as they investigate the death of a young woman from a drug overdose. Here’s her pick of journalists in crime fiction. Journalists make…

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Vicki Weisfeld: Top five books of 2019

By Vicki Weisfeld

30 December, 2019

Having reviewed more than 40 crime novels for Crime Fiction Lover this year, I noticed a couple of things. Though my reading year started rather slowly with a lot of OK but not great books, a flurry of excellent ones appeared in the last few…

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Kate Vane: Top five books of 2019

By Kate Vane

9 December, 2019

As a crime fiction fan, I’m contrary. I want authors to show an understanding and love of the genre, and then to transcend it. My favourite books from this year rise above the hordes of formulaic fiction, offering stylish and surprising takes on contemporary concerns….

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On the Radar: Philip McMarlowe with Denise Mina

Harrogate 2022 – the crime fiction festival has its biggest ever year

Confidence by Denise Mina

On the Radar: All you need is Confidence

My crime classics by Steph Cha

Ten of the best crime novels about journalists

Vicki Weisfeld: Top five books of 2019

Kate Vane: Top five books of 2019

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