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Crime fiction still strong in UK libraries

5 February, 2016

What do you think the most borrowed book was in UK libraries last year? Go on, have a guess… OK, we’ll tell you. It was Lee Child’s Personal, a book we gave three stars in our review. A respectable score, but not the five twinklers…

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The best holiday crime fiction for 2014

By crimefictionlover

1 August, 2014

So, the summer is here, the sun is high in the sky, and it’s time for a holiday. Whether you’re having a stay-cation this year, or heading somewhere more exotic like Thailand, Italy, New Zealand or Tierra del Fuego, one thing’s for sure: you need…

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The Silent Wife

By Andre

31 December, 2013

Written by ASA Harrison – Publishers and readers alike have been searching for the ‘new’ Gone Girl, following the critical and commercial success of Gillian Flynn’s crime crossover hit about a warring couple who become headline news when she disappears. Official end-of-year sales UK figures…

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On World Book Night 2013, we recommend...

By crimefictionlover

23 April, 2013

Tonight is World Book Night, a charity event promoting reading by giving out free books to underprivileged people in the UK, Ireland, America and Germany. We’re right behind that and encourage people to make donations to the cause at the WBN website. This year, WBN…

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

By DispatchesFromNoir

1 January, 2013

Gone Girl has been one of the most talked-about novels (mystery or otherwise) from the past year. Gillian Flynn’s third novel has received a great deal of love from book reviewers from various outlets, been much buzzed-about on social media and is set to become…

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DispatchesFromNoir: Top five books of 2012

By DispatchesFromNoir

30 December, 2012

Any year is a great year to read crime fiction, but 2012 was a great year to begin reviewing crime fiction. Since coming aboard in May, I’ve read quite a bit of crime fiction and have been impressed by much of it. My own tastes…

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MarinaSofia: Top five books of 2012

By MarinaSofia

15 December, 2012

I’ve never been good with limitations. Faced with the prospect of choosing among all the great books I’ve read this year and selecting just five (FIVE?!?) to highlight, I turned all Oliver Twist. ‘Please, kind sir, can I have more?’ But Crime Fiction Lover’s Master…

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Around Harrogate with Stav Sherez

By crimefictionlover

23 July, 2012

Yesterday saw the final hours of the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate play out. Our eyes, ears and other sensory organs at this year’s festival were attached to the body of Stav Sherez, a crime author of some note who agreed to…

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Crime fiction still strong in UK libraries

The best holiday crime fiction for 2014

The Silent Wife

On World Book Night 2013, we recommend...

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

DispatchesFromNoir: Top five books of 2012

MarinaSofia: Top five books of 2012

Around Harrogate with Stav Sherez

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