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NTN: Riven by Anne Randall

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Riven is the assured debut of Glaswegian writer AJ McCreanor and the promising beginning of a new procedural series set in her home town. The novel begins with the gruesome discovery of a horribly brutalised corpse by two young lads, just out of school, attempting…
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Features

NTN: An introduction to 280 Steps

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The tagline for indie publisher 280 Steps says it all: We Do Crime Fiction. With a slogan like that, they’re a perfect partner for us and 280 Steps is one of our sponsors for New Talent November 2014. The Philip Marlowe reference baked into the company…
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Book Club

The Mad and the Bad

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When a kidnapping goes wrong a young nanny, just released from an asylum, and her charge are pursued across the French countryside by bungling gangsters and a dyspeptic English hitman. This story is equal parts hardboiled thriller and capitalist satire. Winner of the French Grand…
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CIS: Lost classics by Arthur Lyons

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All too often when I cite Arthur Lyons (1946-2008) as one of my favourite crime writers I am met with a blank expression or something like: ‘Who? Never heard of him…’ Likewise, when I was researching some background material for this article, there was a…
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CIS: The enduring excellence of the 87th Precinct

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Evan Hunter (1926-2005) was one of the most prolific crime writers of the 20th century. He published more than 120 novels from 1952 to 2005 under a variety of pseudonyms. He also wrote several screenplays including Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and the 1954 novel Blackboard…
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Blind Moon Alley by John Florio

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We first met Jersey Leo in Sugar Pop Moon, reviewed here. A mixed race albino, he’s a Philadelphia inhabitant unlike any other. The year is 1931 and his adventures with moonshine (aka Sugar Pop) in the previous novel behind him, Jersey is running a speakeasy…
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