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The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah

By DeathBecomesHer

9 September, 2014

Have you ever had to step into someone else’s shoes? It’s tough trying to equal, or better, what came before, isn’t it? And when that someone else is the undisputed queen of crime, the legendary Dame Agatha Christie, then you would surely have to be…

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Borderline

By crimefictionlover

30 June, 2014

The sexual violence that occurs here and there in Lawrence Block’s short stories may be borderline gratuitous, but if you’re looking for some classic pulp from the author’s back catalogue, you’d be borderline insane for not picking up this Hard Case Crime edition. Inside are…

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Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway by Sara Gran

By Andre

23 June, 2014

It’s an audacious move putting the name of your detective in the title of a novel, but Claire DeWitt is a big enough character to justify such confidence. The second novel in Sara Gran’s San Francisco crime series is a strange, heady narrative that draws…

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The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

By Andre

19 June, 2014

Last summer it was revealed that JK Rowling had a secret identity as crime writer Robert Galbraith, a cunning ruse to prove she wasn’t just relying on her name to get published. Galbraith had already been named one to watch by Val McDermid and Mark…

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Mister Rainbow in the Case of the Horses for Corpses

By nagaisayonara

16 June, 2014

Written by CS Boag — The Case of the Horses for Corpses is the third in CS Boag’s Mister Rainbow series, a collection about a classic hardboiled PI living in modern day Sydney. Mister Rainbow (or Rain for short) is a down-and-out private eye in…

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Interview: Ari Marmell

By RoughJustice

7 June, 2014

Today we welcome the American author Ari Marmell to the site. The author of Hot Lead, Cold Iron, has a big reputation in horror and fantasy circles, and in his latest novel has blended Celtic mythology with crime fiction. His latest here, Mick Oberon, has…

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Borderline by Lawrence Block

By nagaisayonara

5 June, 2014

If you’re not familiar with Lawrence Block’s work – and you should be, we’ve reviewed a whole stack of it here at Crime Fiction Lover – all I can say is be prepared. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. The four stories in this collection…

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Mr Campion's Farewell by Margery Allingham

By spriteby

10 April, 2014

Written by Margery Allingham, completed by Mike Ripley — When Margery Allingham died in 1966, she had published 18 novels featuring her Golden Age private detective Albert Campion. She left behind several unfinished manuscripts, and her husband Philip ‘Pip’ Youngman Carter – who collaborated with…

Crime Fiction Lover

The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah

Borderline

Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway by Sara Gran

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

Mister Rainbow in the Case of the Horses for Corpses

Interview: Ari Marmell

Borderline by Lawrence Block

Mr Campion's Farewell by Margery Allingham

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