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The Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year

  • Submitted: 12th April 2017

2017 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year Having just been announced at the end of March, here is the list and booktrails of all six…

Germany comes to Newcastle Noir

  • Submitted: 11th April 2017

German Historical Fiction is coming to Newcastle Noir in less than three weeks and it's going to be a gripping panel - what a step into the past this is…

Newcastle Noir goes Nordic…

  • Submitted: 6th April 2017

Very excited to announce that TheBooktrail is the official blogger of Newcastle Noir this year so that will mean lots of insider info, trails and other news from the authors…

The Baileys bon voyage

  • Submitted: 4th April 2017

The 2017 shortlist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction was  announced last night, featuring six novels. All written by women of course but six very different stories, different view…

Book on the Map – Peterborough

  • Submitted: 1st April 2017

BookOnTheMap – Peterborough This week's destination on the #BookOnTheMap feature heads over to the city of Peterborough, which has one of the highest levels of non-UK passport holders in the country outside London.…

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Sharks

2025: In Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg’s so-called ‘problem area’, an American couple is found brutally murdered in a derelict villa.

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