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Best crime novel in translation 2022 shortlist

18 November, 2022

Ever since we started Crime Fiction Lover back in 2011, the site has been devoted to discovering crime fiction from all round the world. Early on, we were reviewing the likes of Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo. From Scandinavian crime fiction we expanded our translated…

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Turf Wars by Olivier Norek

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

24 November, 2021

Translated by Nick Caistor — It’s been almost a year since we’ve reviewed the first of Olivier Norek’s The Lost and the Damned. The French author’s debut in English was one of our top crime fiction novels of 2020. The question is can he match…

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On the Radar: Baldacci is back

By crimefictionlover

12 November, 2021

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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The Lost and the Damned

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

12 January, 2021

The first of Olivier Norek’s Banlieue trilogy is set in the notorious Seine-Sainte-Denis district, where Norek lives and where he has worked for the past 18 years as a police lieutenant. At the centre of The Lost and the Damned is Capitaine Victor Coste from…

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The Lost and the Damned by Olivier Norek

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

2 December, 2020

Translated by Nick Caistor — Welcome to Seine-Saint-Denis, also known as the 93. Forget the iconic Eiffel Tower, a walk along the Seine or the quaint coffee shops that Paris conjures up in your mind. This is the underbelly of Paris, the district with the…

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Turf Wars by Olivier Norek

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