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Best indie crime novel of 2023 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

27 November, 2023

If you follow us on social media, you’ll know that one of our missions here at Crime Fiction Lover is to support independent authors and publishers, so there’s no way we’d ever run an awards fest without celebrating the indies out there. These are the…

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Jacked: An Anthology of Crime Fiction

By Vicki Weisfeld

12 July, 2022

Edited by Vern Smith — A crime fiction short story has to accomplish a lot in a compressed space. It has to describe the crime involved in enough detail to make sense to readers, it has to create believable characters whose fates you care about…

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On the Radar: All you need is Confidence

By crimefictionlover

24 June, 2022

The award-winning Scottish crime author Denise Mina returns to the top of the bill here in our new books column this week as she prepares for the launch of Confidence, the second novel featuring her accidental sleuths Fin and Anna. We also have a debut…

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Best indie crime novel of 2023 shortlist

Jacked: An Anthology of Crime Fiction

On the Radar: All you need is Confidence

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