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Iceland Noir: Is Scotland Nordic?

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Today Reykjavik is just as gloomy and grey as yesterday – perfect, then, for today’s key panel discussion on whether or not Scotland’s crime fiction falls into the Nordic mould. The answer is certainly ‘NO!’ authors involved agreed, as they answered questions pitched by South…
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Accidents happen... or do they?

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On the Radar — The ultimate goal of a crime fiction villain is usually to get away with it, and one of the best ways to do that is to make it look like an accident, right? And that dismissive phrase ‘accidents happen’ is the theme…
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Features

NTN: Women to watch in 2013

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The female of the species is far deadlier than the male, they say, and this could indeed be the case when it comes to crime authors. Every year you’ll find a plethora of strong debuts by women writers in the genre, and for New Talent…
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