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House of Correction by Nicci French

By DeathBecomesHer

9 September, 2020

Husband and wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French are probably best known for their series featuring London-based psychotherapist Frieda Klein, which reached its finale in 2018 with The Day of the Dead. Since then the pair has focussed on standalone crime novels and…

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Snog, Marry, Murder by Zac Colbert

By nagaisayonara

26 May, 2020

Snog Marry Murder by Zac Colbert is a short punch of a crime novella that doesn’t take itself seriously, by an author who knows a lot about the occasionally overlapping worlds of crime fiction and television. And we should know because, full disclosure, he used…

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Subversiveness and curiosity: what makes Columbo the greatest TV detective

By crimefictionlover

10 October, 2018

Ever thought of doing a Columbo marathon? Film and TV expert David Bradley decided to watch all 69 episodes in order, and this is what his investigation turned up… “Columbo is the greatest television series ever made,” said British TV treasure Stephen Fry. He was…

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All the Beautiful Lies

By DeathBecomesHer

21 April, 2018

Written by Peter Swanson — Selling old books in a beautiful setting sounds like a dream occupation, doesn’t it? But Bill Ackerson is dead, fallen from the clifftop in Kennewick Village in Maine. Prior to his sudden demise, Bill searched the country for rare books…

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Crimes of Winter

By MarinaSofia

19 May, 2017

Written by Philippe Georget, translated by Steven Rendall — We have encountered Inspector Gilles Sebag before on Crime Fiction Lover. He lives in Perpignan, on the south-western tip of France, right next to the Catalan border. It is a magical place in summer, full of hazy…

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Die of Shame by Mark Billingham

By DavidPrestidge

29 April, 2016

Mark Billingham is celebrated for his long-running police procedural series featuring the London detective Tom Thorne. Like all good writers, however, he has shown he can produce standalones too, such as Rush of Blood, which came out in 2012. Die of Shame is still set…

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Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson

By crimefictionlover

17 January, 2016

Translated by Quentin Bates — With its unique blend of a Golden Age-style mystery and a bleak, frozen Icelandic setting, Snowblind was one of our top five debuts of 2015. Just when you thought you’d seen it all in Scandinavian crime fiction, Orenda Books released a brand…

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After You Die by Eva Dolan

By DavidPrestidge

10 January, 2016

From page one of this excellent book, Eva Dolan reveals why she is one of the rising stars of British crime fiction. She announced her presence with the first two books in the series, Long Way Home and Tell No Tales, set in the Hate…

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House of Correction by Nicci French

Snog, Marry, Murder by Zac Colbert

Subversiveness and curiosity: what makes Columbo the greatest TV detective

All the Beautiful Lies

Crimes of Winter

Die of Shame by Mark Billingham

Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson

After You Die by Eva Dolan

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