Karin Smirnoff

On the Radar: Vodka on the rocks

15 August, 2025

Yes, yes, it’s a criminal headline but we’re specialists in the field. So we lead with Karin Smirnoff’s new Salander novel, which has the chilling title The Girl With Ice in Her Veins. There are cuts as in film edits with Richard ‘Thorin Oakenshield’ Armitage…

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Sonja van der Westhuizen: Top five books of 2023

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

21 December, 2023

It’s been an interesting year for crime fiction trends. We’ve had it all, whether it’s the closed circle mystery novels with hen parties set a remote islands or mountain tops, the return to the gothic crime mystery a la Daphne Du Maurier, or crime fiction…

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The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 September, 2023

Translated by Sarah Death — She’s back. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is no longer the Lisbeth Salander we were introduced to 18 years ago in Stieg Larsson’s first Millennium novel. Now older and more responsible, Lisbeth is co-owner of Milton Security with her…

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On the Radar: Lies and crime fiction

By crimefictionlover

18 August, 2023

The title and themes of Linwood Barclay’s latest novel have got us thinking. Is making up fiction the same as lying? Are crime authors really mendacious malingerers? Well, we know they aren’t but The Lie Maker looks deliciously intriguing… in a deceptive kind of way….

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On the Radar: Vodka on the rocks

Sonja van der Westhuizen: Top five books of 2023

The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff

On the Radar: Lies and crime fiction

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