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Simon Winder, Penguin Press publishing director, Barry Forshaw, Financial Times crime fiction and Paul Burke discuss Penguin Modern Classics Crime & Espionage - 
Reviving the iconic green Penguin Crime paperbacks, first published 75 years ago, this new series celebrates the endless variety and unique appeal of one of fiction's great genres. 

Call for the Dead John le Carré
SS-GB Len Deighton
Maigret and the Headless Corpse George Simenon
In a Lonely Place Dorothy B Hughes
Cotton Comes to Harlem Chester Himes
The Franchise Affair Josephine Tey
Beast in the Shadows Edogawa Rampo
Journey into Fear Eric Ambler
The Drowing Pool Ross Macdonald 
The Night of the Hunter Davis Grubb

Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023.

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