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    Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

    Deepa Anappara

    "Our school is locked up behind a six-foot wall with barbed wire on top, and an iron gate that has a door painted purple."

    February 7, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Concrete Jungle: Nairobi's Unique Brand of Noir

    In a city of the displaced, searching for crime fiction is an act of excavation.

    February 5, 2020  By Peter Kimani
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    Real Life

    Adeline Dieudonné

    "One summer evening, my mother had made peaches stuffed with tuna, which we ate on the blue stone terrace overlooking the garden."

    February 5, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Ten Books Where the Setting Is a Character

    From 1950s L.A. to Savannah's iconic squares, these books bring time and place alive in unforgettable ways.

    February 4, 2020  By Sarah Pinborough
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    The Crime Novels of Beirut

    In one of the world's oldest cities, cycles of hope and tragedy are captured in crime fiction.

    February 3, 2020  By Paul French
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    A Beautiful Crime

    Christopher Bollen

    "Nick thought he could see the hazy pink peaks of San Marco. How could he have ever considered taking the bus?"

    January 29, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Elusive Crime Novels of Prague

    Crime and the City visits the land of Kafka and asks why more Czech mysteries aren't translated into English.

    January 27, 2020  By Paul French
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    Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

    You stay away from the village fete, do you understand?

    January 23, 2020  By Maureen Johnson
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    Dark Video

    Peter Church

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    January 23, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Sweet Indifference of the World

    Peter Stamm

    "It was when I was at university that I had first started working on fiction, ambitious projects full of deep wis­dom and literary allusions, that no one wanted to read, much less publish."

    January 22, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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