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Paul Burke: Top five books of 2025

By Paul Burke

17 December, 2025

It’s always a pleasure too look back on the year and think about the reads that left a lasting impressions. I have five very different books here but they do share two things: great characters and engrossing storytelling. In 2025, Vera took a final bow…

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Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan

By Paul Burke

5 November, 2025

Welcome to what has become the James Bond universe. If you think you’ve seen a lot of the characters over the years, brace yourself because it’s going to get more intense. Amazon is gearing up for the next movie and who knows a spin off…

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On the Radar: The stars are out

By crimefictionlover

10 October, 2025

The stars of crime fiction are out this week here in our new books column. Michael Connelly, Sophie Hannah, Val McDermid and Vaseem Khan are all names dedicated crime fiction lovers are aware of. And in JK Flynn and Nick Kolakowski, two of our favourite…

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On the Radar: Hello, Hawthorne, my old friend...

By crimefictionlover

5 August, 2022

Thursday 18 August will be an interesting day for crime fiction lovers this year. It’s a date when a lot of important releases hit the shelves, setting the tone for our Autumn reading. Four of our books this week will arrive on the 18th and…

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Catherine Turnbull: Top five books of 2020

By Catherine Turnbull

17 December, 2020

It’s not been the best year and travelling to more challenging past eras through the portal of modern historical crime novels and thrillers has been a welcome holiday from 2020. My selection includes books set in War World II, the dark and dangerous world of 19th century…

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Murder at the Grand Raj Palace

By Catherine Turnbull

27 May, 2018

Written by Vaseem Khan — That most honourable of retired police inspectors, Ashwin Chopra, is back on the case for the fourth time with his baby elephant Ganesha when an American billionaire is found dead in Mumbai’s most luxurious and iconic hotel. And despite the sheer…

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What Emma did next

By crimefictionlover

27 April, 2018

On the Radar — Finally, crime fiction readers have the chance to find out what the new crime writing talent Emma Healey did next. Four years since her innovative and award-winning book Elizabeth is Missing, the author brings us Whistle in the Dark. That’s our…

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Six British Asian authors to watch

By crimefictionlover

24 June, 2017

People of Asian descent make up about five per cent of the UK population, yet when we set up Crime Fiction Lover six years ago not a single British Asian crime author was being promoted by publishers. They sent us press releases for all sorts…

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Paul Burke: Top five books of 2025

Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan

On the Radar: The stars are out

On the Radar: Hello, Hawthorne, my old friend...

Catherine Turnbull: Top five books of 2020

Murder at the Grand Raj Palace

What Emma did next

Six British Asian authors to watch

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