 Joel Dicker's US-based crime novel La vérité sur l’affaire Harry Quebert is racking up awards is perhaps the hottest property on the international rights scene. Read more » | |
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| "Murder in real life is often brutal and short and nasty, and I suppose I like the sort of middle class mystery which a lot of writers despise," says author MC Beaton. Read more » | |
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| "Kids are really up against time. Carefree childhoods are nonexistent. People read what I tell them to," says bookseller Francine Lucidon, owner of The Voracious Reader. Read more » | Canadian bookshop The Monkey's Paw has unveiled the Biblio-Mat, a random book dispenser built by Craig Small as an artful alternative to sidewalk discount bins. Read more » |
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| Superstar Japanese author Edogawa Rampo classic crime novels for youths are being translated into English more than 70 years after their initial publication. Read more » | |