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A Song of Shadows by John Connolly

By DavidPrestidge

5 April, 2015

Portland, Maine. PI Charlie Parker has narrowly survived a savage shotgun and pistol attack. After technically dying three times in the hours after the assault, he is now recuperating in a house in the isolated village of Boreas. Watching from a distance – and posing…

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By DavidPrestidge

2 April, 2015

On the Radar — Fans of Harlan Coben, and of John Connolly’s brooding PI Charlie Parker will be as excited as bunnies we head into Easter. Both these big name authors feature this week with new releases. But there’s more too… What is the collective noun…

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Death Sentences edited by Otto Penzler

By Andre

26 November, 2014

While crime fiction may be the biggest seller by genre, the dedicated crime bookshop has become an endangered species. In his introduction to this excellent anthology, Ian Rankin recalls his US book tours of the late 80s, a time when many American towns were home…

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CIS: Books to Die For

By Andre

23 September, 2014

Whether it’s Golden Age giants or great lost novels, there’s always another crime classic waiting to be discovered. If Classics in September has opened your eyes to this diverse literary canon, then there’s a new edition of an ambitious book that provides an indispensable insight…

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OxCrimes edited by Mark Ellingham and Peter Florence

By Andre

25 May, 2014

If you’ve been a regular visitor to Crime Fiction Lover, you’ll have noticed our exclusive extracts from OxCrimes, an anthology that will raise money for Oxfam’s aid and development work in the UK and abroad. Of course, you’d have to be pretty mean-spirited to find…

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The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly

By DavidPrestidge

11 May, 2014

The village of Prosperous, Maine, is aptly named. Everyone is comfortably well-off. Folk in Prosperous look after one another, but they are remarkably tolerant, too – not always a defining characteristic of isolated Maine settlements. Just outside the village is an ancient church, dedicated to…

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Charlie Parker hunts the wolf, and more...

By DavidPrestidge

27 March, 2014

On the Radar — Plenty to look forward to as March comes to a close, including John Connolly’s latest Charlie Parker mystery and new titles from Jo Nesbo and Gordon Ferris. We’ve even got some crime fiction from Moldova for you to try, so read…

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The PI Case Files - Part 4

By DavidPrestidge

15 November, 2013

In our final edition of The PI Case Files, we meet arguably the two greatest investigators of all, plus a relative newcomer whose inclusion may surprise some. However, we think that the verdict of history will place him shoulder to shoulder with the very best….

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A Song of Shadows by John Connolly

A Song of Shadows, and more...

Death Sentences edited by Otto Penzler

CIS: Books to Die For

OxCrimes edited by Mark Ellingham and Peter Florence

The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly

Charlie Parker hunts the wolf, and more...

The PI Case Files - Part 4

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