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The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

By RoughJustice

18 April, 2016

Historical settings are always popular in crime fiction, and one of the richest in terms of intrigue is the post-World War II period. Whole societies went through cataclysmic changes, and a new order arose from the rubble. In Britain, the victorious Churchill was swept from…

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The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

By DeathBecomesHer

13 September, 2014

If Agatha Christie is the queen of crime writing, then Val McDermid is surely her lady in waiting. She’s written 28 novels and has topped the bestseller list so many times that she deserves a free season ticket. McDermid is best known for her Wire…

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Happy Birthday, Colin Dexter

By DavidPrestidge

29 September, 2013

Once in a generation comes a writer whose words translate into film and television so successfully that the books and the novels become indivisible. Those of us who read Colin Dexter’s Morse novels from the beginning, in 1975, may have had our own imaginings of…

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A Place of Blood and Bone

By DeathBecomesHer

1 June, 2013

Written by Mark Peterson — Debut novel Flesh and Blood earned plaudits for Mark Petersen when it was released last year. The book introduced readers to DS Minter, and he is back – as an acting DI – in A Place of Blood and Bone….

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Interview: Alison Bruce

By DavidPrestidge

31 July, 2012

Before stunning us with her DC Gary Goodhew series of crime fiction novels, Alison Bruce used to write history books such as Cambridgeshire Murders and Billington: Victorian Executioner. A touch macabre perhaps, but also a perfect source of inspiration for her later creations. Her most…

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Underground Book Club launches!

By crimefictionlover

15 April, 2012

Look out for this man or someone like him if you’re a crime fiction lover who’ll be commuting via London, Oxford or Reading tomorrow morning (16 April). A new venture called Underground Book Club will be handing out their free magazine and inside you’ll find…

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Interview: Sam Bourne talks about Pantheon

By crimefictionlover

9 February, 2012

Sam Bourne is the pen name of Jonathan Freedland, an astute Guardian journalist who has turned his hand to fiction with great success. His latest book is called Pantheon and it’s a carefully researched piece set in 1940, when Britain was in its hour of…

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The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

Happy Birthday, Colin Dexter

A Place of Blood and Bone

Interview: Alison Bruce

Underground Book Club launches!

Interview: Sam Bourne talks about Pantheon

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