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If you knew that if you pressed charges against the man who had murdered your loved one, you would be forced to host the prisoner in your home, would you do it? Or would you refuse to go ahead with the conviction? That’s the dilemma faced in The Captive by Deborah O’Connor. When Hannah’s Met

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Crime fiction lovers have been treated to many a glimpse of out-of-the-way Australia in recent years. From bushland and outback to dustbowl towns and featureless farmland, we’ve been absorbed by shows like Mystery Road, and when it comes to novels, Chris Hammer has been at the head of the pack with his books featuring journalist

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On Friday 8 January at 9pm, the second series of the Swedish crime drama Rebecka Martinsson will begin airing on More4 in the UK, with episodes available to stream from Channel 4’s online service Walter Presents. Set in the far north of Sweden, the programme focuses on former prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson, who has returned to

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She’s the undisputed queen of crime, the most successful fiction writer of all time and her books have sold over a billion copies in English and a billion in translation – but what made Agatha Christie tick? Two new documentaries about to premiere on US-based PBS may help to provide some answers. Inside the Mind of Agatha

In case you missed it (I don’t know how), on January 6, 2021, Nazis and white supremacists invaded the Capitol building after being incited by Trump and other Republicans over so-called election fraud. One of those politicians who continually questioned the integrity of the election and was even photographed raising his fist in support of

The new year hasn’t had the best of starts, but as COVID lockdowns are strengthened in many countries do not despair because plenty of fine crime reading will be available to you in the coming weeks. This week, our new books report starts off with something HOT – The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor is

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In 2008, workmen tearing down a clutch of derelict Washington Heights rowhouses make a grim discovery. Behind the plaster of an upstairs bedroom is the body of a man sitting in a chair, wearing a hat. To the dismay of the demolition foreman, NYPD detectives Tolya Kurchenko and Pete Gonzalvez intend to make a serious

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We’re in the quiet little Australian town of Haven Bay for this psychological thriller. Max and Rennie are driving to a friend’s birthday bash when they’re involved in a near-collision. The boy racer in the other car has attitude and flips them off as he drives away at speed. Another close call and best forgotten.

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Translated by Tim Gutteridge — One of the pleasures of reading international crime fiction is heightened awareness that the diabolical imagination is alive and kicking in authors everywhere. Uruguay probably isn’t at the top of your list of places where clever crimes are hatched – with cleverer police detectives on the prowl – but Mercedes

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We first reviewed Emma Salisbury around this time last year, when Flesh and Blood was published. Now DS Kevin Coupland is back in another Salford-based police procedural, the seventh in the series. And When Darkness Falls is well titled, because the subject matter of this one is pretty bleak. A teenager from a fairly ordinary

We’re revisiting some of our favorite posts of 2020 this holiday week! Grab a cup of cocoa and look back on some fun bookish goodness with us as we head toward the new year. Before highlighting the best body positive books, with a focus on adult and young adult titles, let’s talk about what body

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Isolation. Lockdown. Restrictions. Pandemic. Plandemic. Recession. You don’t need me to tell you that 2020 wasn’t a year brimming with positives. With the challenges we’ve all faced, it’s been difficult to enjoy the darker crime novels that I normally read in quite the same way, so I’ve read fewer books in 2020 than in any

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Let’s herald in the new year with a report on the first crime novels publishers have lined up for us in January. And it all begins with a look back on the extraordinary career of one of the boldest voices in 20th century crime writing – that of Patricia Highsmith. If you’ve read Ripley and

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What are you most looking forward to in 2021? No, don’t answer that. We know. It’s fantastic new crime novels, isn’t it? Well, you’ve come to the right place. 2020 has been a tough year, and many countries will begin 2021 with COVID lockdowns still in place, but if you’re a keen reader at least

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It’s always hard to pick favorite books from the 40-some crime, mystery, and thriller books I review for Crime Fiction Lover each year. They’re all so different, it’s hard to compare them. Some authors are consistently strong, and you know who they are. What excites me more is when an author I’ve never read before

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Translated by Marlaine Delargy — Detective Inspector Embla Nyström returns in the third instalment of Helene Tursten’s series based on the detective. Snowdrift picks up only eight days after the end of 2019’s Winter Grave when Embla receives a call from her childhood friend, Louise Lindqvist, also known as Lollo. Lollo disappeared 15 years earlier,

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