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On the Radar: Son and heir

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How do you feel about writing collaborations? Today we bring you news of a partnership between the French novelist Johana Gustawsson and her Norwegian counterpart Thomas Enger. Together they’ve created Son, our lead book. It’ll be an interesting read, alongside a debut by Kate Kemp,…
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Features

The most wanted crime novels of 2025

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Are we trend-setters? Are we influencers, here on Crime Fiction Lover? Perhaps, perhaps not. However, we do have a tradition of trying to pick out the most interesting upcoming crime novels at the beginning of the year. For 2025, we’re looking forward to the return…
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On the Radar: Crime fiction compass

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Where do you want to go today? Because crime fiction will take you anywhere. Shall we head west, with Lee Goldberg’s Western-style police novel, Calico? Or south to New Zealand for Nalini Singh’s new psychological thriller? French author Johana Gustawsson heads north to Sweden in…
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Book Club

Blood Song

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With Blood Song, Johana Gustawsson not only succeeds in writing a riveting crime story with multiple twists, turns and surprises, but she also manages to skilfully weave an atrocious part of Spain’s history into the storyline. When a family is brutally murdered in their home…
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