2014

Brighton gothic

By DavidPrestidge

30 October, 2014

On the Radar — In a collection of diverse short stories by Peter James we discover an even darker side to the Brighton author, and they include a tale featuring his famous detective Roy Grace. Inspector Montalbano is back as well, and so is Roberta…

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Mask of the Verdoy by Phil Lecomber

By DavidPrestidge

28 October, 2014

George Harley is a decorated veteran of World War I who worked for British intelligence post 1918. Now he is scratching out a living as a private investigator in 1930s London, steering a hazardous course between the criminal underworld and the Metropolitan Police, neither of…

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Sin Walks into the Desert by Matt Ingwalson

By nagaisayonara

27 October, 2014

Sin is a loner, a tattooed outcast in Tucson, Arizona. In his early 20s, he spends his days at home watching videos online and cleaning his gun, and his nights getting tattooed by Sindy, his one friend, who works at an all-night tattoo parlour. That…

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The Crime Thriller Awards 2014 - the winners

By crimefictionlover

25 October, 2014

Last night at London’s famous Grosvenor House on Park Lane, the great and the good of the crime fiction world were hosted by Specsavers, sponsor of the ITV Crime Thriller Awards. Celebrating crime television, film and books, the event saw three new inductees to the…

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From the Cradle by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards

By DeathBecomesHer

24 October, 2014

Family: it’s a six-letter word that covers a whole world of possibilities. If you’re lucky, it means happy get-togethers with relatives. Then again, it could conjure up mental images of Barbara Windsor in EastEnders. Love ’em or hate ’em, family is something you’re stuck with….

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A Penny for the Hangman by Tom Savage

By DeathBecomesHer

23 October, 2014

The Virgin Islands. Sound idyllic, don’t they? Especially as the nights begin to draw in here and the temperatures plummet. Richard Branson even owns one! But all is not so wonderful on the island of St Thomas where, in May 1958, a teenage boy and…

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New books with Bosch, Cross and Scarpetta

By DavidPrestidge

23 October, 2014

On the Radar — Our headline might sound a little like a particularly voracious law firm, but any crime fiction fan worthy of the name will know that we are talking about Harry, Alex and Kay – three central characters who have notched up an amazing…

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The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen

By Jeremy Megraw

22 October, 2014

Translated by Martin Aitken – In this latest book in the Department Q series from Denmark, a gypsy street urchin named Marco stumbles into the path of rampant corporate greed and murder. As an army of contract killers converges on the clever young thief on…

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Brighton gothic

Mask of the Verdoy by Phil Lecomber

Sin Walks into the Desert by Matt Ingwalson

The Crime Thriller Awards 2014 - the winners

From the Cradle by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards

A Penny for the Hangman by Tom Savage

New books with Bosch, Cross and Scarpetta

The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen

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