Linda Stratmann

Murder at the Bayswater Bicycle Club

By Mal McEwan

10 May, 2018

Written by Linda Stratmann — Summer, 1882, and Frances Doughty is tasked to go undercover at the annual meeting of the Bayswater Bicycle Club at the Goldsmith’s Cricket Ground in East Acton, London. There is more than an element of mystery about the private detective’s…

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It's not Easy, but it's out this week

By crimefictionlover

16 February, 2018

On the Radar — The coming week sees the launch of top US author Walter Mosley’s latest detective novel, and the surprise here is that it doesn’t feature his number one star character Easy Rawlins. But that’s OK, because we’re always on the lookout for…

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There's no escape... No, wait, there is

By crimefictionlover

9 March, 2017

On the Radar — Our weekly news column kicks off with one of the biggest new thriller authors on the British bookshelf, and her third release. Start reading it, and we reckon you won’t be able to escape from The Escape. There are ten books…

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The Royal Ghost by Linda Stratmann

By spriteby

1 November, 2016

Linda Stratmann is an author we’re familiar with here at Crime Fiction Lover for her Frances Doughty mysteries. The Royal Ghost is slightly different. It’s the second book in the author’s Mina Scarletti series and is set in 1870s Brighton. It features an amateur sleuth…

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Death in Bayswater by Linda Stratmann

By spriteby

17 April, 2016

The Frances Doughty mysteries are no stranger to Crime Fiction Lover. Back in December 2014, we reviewed An Appetite for Murder, and our radar also picked up the fifth book in the series, The Children of Silence last May. Death in Bayswater finds London’s only female…

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Reacher on the prairie

By DavidPrestidge

3 September, 2015

On the Radar — Ann Cleeves, Anthony Horowitz and Lee Child – three of the UK’s biggest names in crime fiction – all feature this week. Cleeves has written about a moth hunter, Horiwitz about 007 and Lee Child, well, he’s got a new Jack Reacher story…

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The Children of Silence by Linda Stratmann

By DeathBecomesHer

3 May, 2015

There seems to be a great appetite for crime fiction set in Victorian times at the moment, and we’ve recently reviewed The Strings of Murder, The Infidel Stain and, of course, the strangely titled Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Mad Bear. In The Children of…

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Billingham's back...

By DavidPrestidge

9 April, 2015

On the Radar — Yes, if you love a good police procedural featuring DI Tom Thorne then it’s time to prime your evidence bags and don your latex gloves. Shoe protection is optional. The latest Mark Billingham novel has been announced and Time of Death is…

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Murder at the Bayswater Bicycle Club

It's not Easy, but it's out this week

There's no escape... No, wait, there is

The Royal Ghost by Linda Stratmann

Death in Bayswater by Linda Stratmann

Reacher on the prairie

The Children of Silence by Linda Stratmann

Billingham's back...

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