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On the Radar: Crimes afoot in Snowdonia

7 February, 2025

Welcome back! We’ve got some good news. Simon McCleave, one of the UK’s most popular crime authors, is returning this month and starting a new series set in his favourite part of the country – Snowdonia in North Wales. The ancient mountain is a great…

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Sonja van der Westhuizen: Top five books of 2022

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 December, 2022

A few months back someone asked me what my favourite book of the year was, so far. After staring into space for a minute or three, I came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a favourite or best book of the…

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The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2022: The Winners

By crimefictionlover

7 December, 2022

2022. What a year. We have emerged from COVID only to sink into a cost of living crisis, an energy shortage and the potential for World War III. But it’s not all bad – at least there are still bounteous crime fiction novels to enjoy,…

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Best crime novel in translation 2022 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

18 November, 2022

Ever since we started Crime Fiction Lover back in 2011, the site has been devoted to discovering crime fiction from all round the world. Early on, we were reviewing the likes of Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo. From Scandinavian crime fiction we expanded our translated…

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The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 April, 2022

Translated by KL Seegers — The infamous police detective and recovering alcoholic, Benny Griessel, is back in South African author Deon Meyer’s 14th crime novel. This time the setting is Meyer’s home town, Stellenbosch, and real life events and fiction merge into a compelling, rip-roaring…

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12 South African crime writers to add to your reading list

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

17 April, 2019

At the recent Stellenbosch Woordfees (Festival of Words), four female crime writers, anchored by fellow crime author Mike Nicol, gathered to discuss the status of crime fiction. Karin Brynard, Bettina Wyngaard, Irma Venter and Icelandic writer Yrsa Sigurdardottir reflected on the difference between the writing…

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Bright lights, dead gangsters

By crimefictionlover

21 September, 2018

On the Radar — Hollywood in the 1950s seems a good place to start, but we’re not looking at a new James Ellroy novel this week. Instead new crime talent Guy Bolton brings us his second novel, The Syndicate, which sounds like it has a…

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Fever

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 April, 2018

Deon Meyer has been called the king of South African crime fiction and with Fever he’s written a thriller you will not easily forget. After a rogue virus kills 95 percent of the world’s population, polymath Willem Storm and his son Nico set out to…

Crime Fiction Lover

On the Radar: Crimes afoot in Snowdonia

Sonja van der Westhuizen: Top five books of 2022

The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2022: The Winners

Best crime novel in translation 2022 shortlist

The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer

12 South African crime writers to add to your reading list

Bright lights, dead gangsters

Fever

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