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On the Radar: It's farewell, Peter Diamond

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It’s a bittersweet moment for fans of British police procedurals will as Peter Lovesey’s Bath-based detective Peter Diamond hands in his badge. Plus, our news report brings you murder at a wedding, murder under the Arctic ice, murder in 16th century Italy and a fine-looking…
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Don't die for me, Argentina

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On the Radar — There’s always such a deluge of US and UK crime fiction. That’s why we like to look out for good translations from locations well outside our usual comfort zone – Africa, South America, Asia… Today we’re going to lead with a…
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Such a shame

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On the Radar — This week our column bringing you new crime fiction novels is headed by a fast-moving psychological thriller from South Africa. Shame on You is a debut by Amy Heydenrych. We’ve also got a line-up of seasoned pros sharing their art-inspried short…
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Love the Dutch

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On the Radar — There are a lot of great crime books coming out in the next couple of weeks, but we think the pick of the bunch is the debut from Holland, which starts off our column this week. Butterfly on the Storm is…
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Familiarity, no contempt

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On the Radar — Several long-standing favourite characters make a reappearance here in our new releases this week including Frieda Klein, Bruno Courrèges, ‘Max’ Maxsted, and Peter Diamond. There are also new books by Karin Slaughter, Brian McGilloway, Cathi Unsworth and – with another Bob Dylan song…
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The Tooth Tattoo

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Written by Peter Lovesey — An award-winning crime fiction veteran, Peter Lovesey is back with a new novel in his Peter Diamond series, set in the Georgian city of Bath. In The Tooth Tattoo, we meet Mel Farran, a freelance viola player who is on his…
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Cop to Corpse

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Written by Peter Lovesey — This author has a long and distinguished history in British crime fiction and his belt sports just about every kind of dagger the Crime Writers’ Association awards. He even served as CWA chairman for a spell back in the 90s….
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