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The rise and rise of crime fiction
British readers have become more gripped by crime and thriller novels, with sales up by 19% between 2015 and 2017, recently-published figures suggest.
The rise has been fuelled by the growth of psychological thrillers and the success of big names like Lee Child, James Patterson and Dan Brown.
Last year, 18.7 million crime books were sold - 19% more than in 2015, data company Nielsen Bookscan says. They overtook sales for general and literary fiction, which were down 16%.
The BBC has singled out some of the authors driving the rise and rise of crime fiction and you can read their article at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43726366
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