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Interview: Philip Swan

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Are you ready for something a little different? We already know that an animal angle is popular in a crime novel. For example, there are the Alsatians Maggie in Robert Crais’s Suspect, and Rex in Pork Pie Pandemonium by Steve Higgs. Now, Sheffield-based author Philip Swan…
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On the Radar: Baldacci is back

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Our unrelenting mission to bring you new crime fiction continues this week, and today we have a mixture of books in different styles and from different nations. We start off by saluting David Baldacci on his latest FBI thriller, Mercy. Then you can choose between…
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Department Q on the big screen

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The Bridge II ended last night on UK TV, leaving fans of Scandinavian crime fiction thinking, ‘What can I watch next?’ Well, the Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen last year saw his first Carl Mørck story turned into a film and we’ve just had news that…
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Serial killer novels: 10 of the best

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The traditional definition of a serial killer is a person who has killed three or more people. Individuals who can single-handedly spread this kind of death and destruction have been a terrifying part of our collective conscience for centuries. Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer,…
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