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Harrogate memories 2015

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The 2015 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival has concluded in Harrogate, and as is the tradition here on Crime Fiction Lover, we’ve invited a guest correspondent to file a report from this very special event. Over the previous three years, we’ve had missives from Stav Sherez,…
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Hunters in the Dark

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Written by Lawrence Osborne — With its double identities and air of brooding menace, Hunters in the Dark is a literary thriller that’s earned comparisons to Patricia Highsmith. She was an author who travelled and enjoyed setting her shadowy psychological thrillers in far-flung locations. Osborne is…
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Ruth Rendell (1930-2015) remembered

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It was just five months ago that Ruth Rendell spoke on BBC Radio 4 to pay tribute to PD James, who died last November. Rendell’s recollections of a friend, crime-writing colleague and fellow parliamentarian (they both sat in the House of Lords) turned out to…
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Little Tales of Misogyny

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Written by Patricia Highsmith — The title of Patricia Highsmith’s story collection, reissued this month by Virago, remains highly provocative even 40 years after it first appeared. As a reader, you wonder if these tales will highlight the cruelty of misogyny from a feminist perspective. Or…
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CIS: My classics by TJ Cooke

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TJ Cooke’s Defending Elton was the legal thriller that proved to be so much more than just a legal thriller. Not only is the main character a lawyer – someone who altruistically defends the helpless and hapless – he’s also a killer. The book’s so…
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