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Pierced
Posted On: July 23, 2012
Posted In: Interviews, Video
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Pierced

Watch an interview with Thomas Enger, author of Piereced, the follow-up to Burned – the acclaimed debut novel, featuring Henning Juul. Pierced is a stunning, emotionally charged slice of Nordic-Noir, out this month from Faber, and one of the titles to be won in our upcoming July competition.

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Win a copy of the Bello Best of British Crime Omnibus
Posted On: July 22, 2012
Posted In: Competitions
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Win a copy of the Bello Best of British Crime Omnibus

Courtesy of Bello we have ten copies of their crime omnibus featuring Francis Durbridge, Andrw Garva and David Williams.

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The Best of British Crime: David Williams
Posted On: July 21, 2012
Posted In: Extracts
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The Best of British Crime: David Williams

The Bello imprint is celebrating the depth and history of British crime writing with the launch of theBest of British Crime Omnibus at the Harrogate Crime Festival this week.

Read an extract from Prescription for Murder, by David Williams in the third of four articles on Bookdagger this week.

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The Best of British Crime: Andrew Garve
Posted On: July 20, 2012
Posted In: Articles, Extracts
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The Best of British Crime: Andrew Garve

The Bello imprint is celebrating the depth and history of British crime writing with the launch of theBest of British Crime Omnibus at the Harrogate Crime Festival this week.

Read an extract from Murder in Moscow, by Andrew Garve in the second of four articles on Bookdagger this week.

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The Best of British Crime: Francis Durbridge
Posted On: July 19, 2012
Posted In: Articles
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The Best of British Crime: Francis Durbridge

The Bello imprint is celebrating the depth and history of British crime writing with the launch of theBest of British Crime Omnibus at the Harrogate Crime Festival this week.

Read an extract from A Game of Murder, by Francis Durbridge in the first of four articles on Bookdagger this week.

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An interview with Christopher Radmann, author of Held Up
Posted On: July 18, 2012
Posted In: Video
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An interview with Christopher Radmann, author of Held Up

Chris Radmann talks about his real life experiences in South Africa and the story behind a searingly powerful, heart-wrenching novel about a father whose daughter is abducted and his attempts to recover her in the face of police indifference.

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An extract from Held Up, by Christopher Radmann
Posted On: July 16, 2012
Posted In: Extracts
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An extract from Held Up, by Christopher Radmann

A searingly powerful, heart-wrenching novel set in South Africa about a father whose daughter is abducted and his attempts to recover her in the face of police indifference and a society where violence is increasingly a way of life.

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An extract from The Dream Killer of Paris, by Fabrice Bourland
Posted On: July 13, 2012
Posted In: Extracts
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An extract from The Dream Killer of Paris, by Fabrice Bourland

In the autumn of 1934, a channel crossing to France takes a paranormal turn for private detective, Andrew Singleton, when he sees an extraordinary mirage and has an encounter with a lady in white.

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An extract from The Chalk Girl, by Carol O’Connell
Posted On: July 11, 2012
Posted In: Extracts
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An extract from The Chalk Girl, by Carol O’Connell

Carol O’Connell is one of the finest writers of contemporary thrillers, with her intoxicating mix of rich prose, resonant characters and knife-edge suspense. Read an extract from her latest Kathy Mallory thriller.

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The Martin Edwards Column: The Christie Phenomenon
Posted On: July 9, 2012
Posted In: The Martin Edwards Column
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The Martin Edwards Column: The Christie Phenomenon

Agatha Christie died in 1976, and it is an accepted fact in the world of publishing that authors’ sales tend to slump once they are no longer producing fresh work. Yet Christie is a startling exception to the general principle…

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Can you hear The Whispers of Nemesis?
Posted On: June 27, 2012
Posted In: Extracts
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Can you hear The Whispers of Nemesis?

The Whispers of Nemesis is a story of desperate measures and long-kept secrets, of murder and immortality and of pride coming before the steepest of falls.

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The June Competition [closed]
Posted On: June 25, 2012
Posted In: Competitions
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The June Competition [closed]

A cosmopolitan blend of deadly crime fiction this month, set in Glasgow, Northern Greece, Baghdad, France and Derby, there are five titles for each of the three winners!

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No Mean City…
Posted On: June 22, 2012
Posted In: Articles, Interviews
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No Mean City…

Craig Robertson, author of Cold grave finds Glasgow – the ‘No Mean City’ – a dark and deadly inspiration…

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An extract from Deity
Posted On: June 20, 2012
Posted In: Extracts
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An extract from Deity

Read an extract from the brilliant new serial killer thriller from a hugely talented British author to rival the best from Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson.

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