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Our Marriage is Murder by Carol Goodman

By Vicki Weisfeld

18 August, 2026

It’s been joked about at many a crime fiction conference, and some of them have even featured those role-play murder mysteries to solve, but what if a real-life murder took place at such an event? Can you imagine the white-tape victim silhouette we see every…

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Good Girls Die Bored by Elizabeth Little

By Vicki Weisfeld

13 August, 2026

Do Good Girls Die Bored, as the title of Elizabeth Little’s new crime thriller suggests? One thing is certain, readers of this alternatingly funny and hair-raising book will not. The protagonist, Juno Hardwick, is a US Marine Corps veteran who learned a lot of ways…

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A Taste for Murder by Matt Baker

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

13 August, 2026

First came the book, then the TV series – only just. A Taste for Murder, Matt Baker’s debut novel, was published in the UK in January 2026, with the television series adaptation following in April. To confuse matters further, it was published in the US…

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A Stranger in Corfu by Alex Preston

By Chris Connor

12 August, 2026

With so many authors now trying their hand in espionage, standing out from the crowd is becoming increasingly difficult. Authors who have plied their hand elsewhere are now moving towards the genre with varying degrees of success. Alex Preston has been a successful author and…

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The High Island by Lin Anderson

By Sharon Richardson

12 August, 2026

The High Island is the first book in Lin Anderson’s new Orcadia Mysteries series, a spin off from her popular Rhona MacLeod books. While Rhona is a forensic scientist based in Glasgow, the main character here is DI Erling Flett, based in Scotland’s Orkney Islands….

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Ballistic by Frank Gardner

By Paul Burke

11 August, 2026

Well respected BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner is a man with his finger on the geopolitical pulse. His Luke Carlton thrillers have traversed issues and regions around the world and now with the fifth in the series, Ballistic, he is as topical as ever. The…

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The Hotel Manager's Guide to Murder by Erlander Arason

By Paul Burke

7 August, 2026

Translated by Quentin Bates — The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder is the first in a trilogy featuring detectives Hauker and Dagný. You may be familiar with the stories of the big London hotels that discreetly take care of everything for their guests, even the…

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Deception by Alan Parks

By Paul Burke

6 August, 2026

It’s always a big question for an author when they have a successful series. If you change lanes, will it work? It’s a step into the unknown. At Crime Fiction Lover, we really rated the Harry McCall books, which were titled by month, set in…

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Our Marriage is Murder by Carol Goodman

Good Girls Die Bored by Elizabeth Little

A Taste for Murder by Matt Baker

A Stranger in Corfu by Alex Preston

The High Island by Lin Anderson

Ballistic by Frank Gardner

The Hotel Manager's Guide to Murder by Erlander Arason

Deception by Alan Parks

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