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Edited by Jonathan Lethem — The list of guest editors for this long-running series goes back to Robert B Parker in 1997. This year’s editor, Jonathan Lethem is not strictly a crime and mystery writer, but a literary novelist. Yet his entertaining 2019 book The Feral Detective put a stake firmly into crime fiction territory.

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The noir-ish detective novel The Blues Don’t Care, set in Los Angeles in the midst of World War II, is the opener for a new series featuring reluctant private eye Bobby Saxon. But author Paul D Marks is anything but a newcomer – he’s the author of the Shamus Award-Winning mystery thriller White Heat among

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From Rin Tin Tin and Lassie, through to Scooby Doo and Hooch, dogs have certainly played their part in fighting crime over the years. It’s time to open the pages of The Finders and meet the latest recruit, a young golden retriever called Elvira, owned by Mace Reid. She’s a good girl is Vira, quite

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Pirate treasure in the Caribbean. It’s generally agreed in literature and filmmaking that this kind of booty is definitely worth killing for and that’s what seems to happen in our lead novel this week – a light and distracting new cosy from Cathy Ace. We’ve also got an on the money financial thriller involving cryptocurrencies,

With most schools and libraries closed across the country closed, parents are left scrambling in a lot of ways: distance learning, social opportunities, and summer reading come to mind. Here is one thing you can cross off the list—below is a curated list of great books for 7th graders. Whether your middle schooler is looking

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Kadir Nelson is a multi-award winning author and illustrator for children’s books. His 2019 release, The Undefeated, won the prestigious 2020 Caldecott Award, as well as a Coretta Scott King Award. In addition to writing and illustrating for children’s books, Nelson’s work has graced the covers of numerous magazines, as well as album covers and

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Like everything else, Pride Month looks a little different this year. As parades are canceled and celebrations move online, you may be understandably blue. And you may be itching to get out and go…literally anywhere. The safest way to do that? Through an escapist read that can transport you to new and exciting worlds—or at

The Black Publishing Power Initiative encourages everyone to buy two books written by Black authors this week, to help close the gap on the racial inequality in the publishing industry. The initiative was created by Amistad Books, a publisher of Black and multicultural books since 1967, and announced on Twitter using hashtags #BlackoutBestSellerList and #BlackPublishingPower.

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Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web sponsored by our Summer Reading Pack Giveaway courtesy of Harlequin.com. “Akbar Watson is the owner of Pyramid Books, which specializes in books about African American culture. In an interview with NBC affiliate WPTV, Watson said for the first time

We’re joined by Craig Sisterson, author of Southern Cross Crime and a features writer and reviewer for newspapers and magazines across the globe. Today he’s showcasing some of the best TV shows based on crime novels you can binge during the pandemic… and beyond. I still remember the days, not that long ago, when book-loving friends and

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Edited by Judy Penz Sheluk — A memorable collection! If you like short crime fiction with the impact of a shiv’s thrust or the attention-grab of a loaded .38, this collection is right up your dark alley. Yes, there’s heartbreak, and those half-truths will get you every time. There are familiar names here, like Kate

Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time ignoring bestseller lists and big imprints in favour of small press and independent publishers, trying to find some great work that would struggle to find the attention it so sorely deserves. A lot of these indie presses were set up precisely to combat large scale printing and

Translated by Marina Sofia — Crime fiction is the world’s favourite literary genre, and the most international. For the English-speaking reader there is literally a cultural mosaic of work to enjoy – German, French, Scandinavian, Latin American, Japanese, Korean… you name it. One country that hasn’t stepped out onto the global stage all that much

There are dozens of literary definitions of the sublime. It’s a concept that varies from literary era to literary era and from theorist to theorist, always subject to the interpretation of both writer and reader. But the aspect I’ve always found most compelling is the juxtaposition of awe and fear, of the beautiful and the

John Guzlowski’s riveting new police procedural takes you back to the time before sustained pressure on the Catholic Church brought to light its widespread and systemic problem of child sexual abuse. The victims’ quest for justice has taken years to play out and is ongoing, paralleled by revelations about how powerful men (mostly) continue to

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Despite what A Game of Thrones fans will tell you, crime fiction is really the genre you want for tales of fire and ice. Iceland is our epicentre this week, as we start our new books column off with Cold Malice, the latest from Quentin Bates, a sailor and journalist who lived in Iceland for

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Books are pretty amazing things, aren’t they? Open the cover and you can be transported to another place. Who needs an air ticket when you have a vivid imagination? Some books even take you time travelling too, and Paul D Marks’ The Blues Don’t Care falls slap bang into the middle of this category. It