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State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

By Paul Burke

21 October, 2021

Not to be outdone by husband Bill, who has teamed up with James Patterson twice, Hillary Clinton has collaborated with Canadian crime author Louise Penny for a blockbuster political thriller. State of Terror is a zeitgeisty tale immersed in realpolitik with an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario…

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Death Threats and Other Stories by Georges Simenon

By Paul Burke

12 September, 2021

Translated by Roz Schwartz — This anthology of five Maigret stories, three of which appear for the first time in English, completes the Penguin Classics Maigret collection. It’s a project that began on 7 November 2013, and each month since then – more or less…

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Rosy & John by Pierre Lemaitre

By Paul Burke

7 July, 2021

Translated by Frank Wynne — Pierre Lemaitre came to our attention in 2013 with his kidnap thriller, Alex, an original and gripping police procedural. It was actually the second in the series featuring diminutive Parisian detective, Camille Verhœven. The success of Alex, which has a…

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Castle in the Air by Donald E Westlake

By RoughJustice

30 March, 2021

Once again, Hard Case Crime has dug deep to unearth another forgotten book by the MWA Grand Master Westlake. At some point the well will run dry but there is so much enjoyment to be had from reading this caper that we must wish publishers…

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The Convent by Sarah Sheridan

By crimefictionlover

23 January, 2021

Sarah Sheridan’s debut crime novel is a fast-moving psychological thriller about murder and corruption within the Roman Catholic Church. What’s different here is that it’s not the sexual abuse of children we’re talking about, but rather the cover-ups that go on when priests break their…

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The Lost and the Damned

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

12 January, 2021

The first of Olivier Norek’s Banlieue trilogy is set in the notorious Seine-Sainte-Denis district, where Norek lives and where he has worked for the past 18 years as a police lieutenant. At the centre of The Lost and the Damned is Capitaine Victor Coste from…

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The final series of French crime drama Spiral comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

23 December, 2020

Lovers of French crime fiction will be screaming, “Oui, oui, OUI” in ecstasy come Saturday 2 January, when BBC Four begins airing the final series of Spiral, the outstanding French crime drama. Hailed as the king of crime shows in France, Spiral began in 2005…

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The Lost and the Damned by Olivier Norek

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

2 December, 2020

Translated by Nick Caistor — Welcome to Seine-Saint-Denis, also known as the 93. Forget the iconic Eiffel Tower, a walk along the Seine or the quaint coffee shops that Paris conjures up in your mind. This is the underbelly of Paris, the district with the…

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State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

Death Threats and Other Stories by Georges Simenon

Rosy & John by Pierre Lemaitre

Castle in the Air by Donald E Westlake

The Convent by Sarah Sheridan

The Lost and the Damned

The final series of French crime drama Spiral comes to BBC Four

The Lost and the Damned by Olivier Norek

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