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  • Catching Up with Louise Penny in Iceland

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    Despite a backdrop of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions threatening travel plans to Iceland, I was able to catch up with Louise Penny, author of the popular Three Pines traditional…

  • Crime and the City: Kinshasa and the DRC

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    Kinshasa – capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Formerly Léopoldville under the bad days of Belgian colonialism, now one of the fastest growing megacities in the world…

  • The Best International Crime Novels of 2023

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    Well, it’s a horrible year in world history, but it’s a great year in international fiction! Specifically, international thrillers and noir. France and the Scandinavians are, as usual, well-represented…

  • Crime and the City: Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight

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    Portsmouth – known to the locals as “Pompey” – is, and has been for centuries, England’s largest Royal Navy base, 75 miles south of London in the country of…

  • Fall’s Best International Fiction

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    Sorry, folks—we got a little behind with the column, but there’s been so many wonderful new novels in translation coming out this fall, I had to do at least…

  • Why New Zealand Noir?

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    Several years ago, I was sitting in a café with a group of fellow New Zealand writers, discussing books we’d recently read. With several of us, me included, working…

  • The Mantis

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    He glances at his watch, then takes off the janitor uniform and changes into a suit. Gets in the taxi, drives back to the airport. He’ll ride the train…

  • Crime and the City: Monte Carlo

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    How could there not be a lot of crime in Monaco – a tightly packed nest of wealth, sex and power all in the sunshine of the Riviera. Officially…

  • The Ineffable Crimes of Lawrence Osborne

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    There are a number of authors who perilously straddle the line between the crime genre and literary fiction. They avoid easy genre definition and are often read more by…

  • Crime and the City: Hamburg

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    I think it’s fair to say that, in general, Hamburg is a rather underrated German city. Berlin and Munich get the crowds, Frankfurt the money, and Hamburg gets a…


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