2014

The Iron Sickle by Martin Limon

By RoughJustice

23 September, 2014

Martin Limon served his country for 20 years, and over the course of nine novels (including this one) and one short story collection has chronicled the experiences of the 8th US Army in South Korea following the war there. Crucial to the series’ success has…

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Personal by Lee Child

By DavidPrestidge

22 September, 2014

Jack Reacher, once a major in the US Military Police and now a drifter, is on a bus. That it is not unusual for Reacher. He doesn’t own a car or carry a suitcase, and when his clothes wear out he just buys new ones….

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CIS: A guide to the Martin Beck series

By Jeremy Megraw

21 September, 2014

Between 1965 and 75, the husband and wife team of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (above) wrote a series of 10 police procedurals set in Stockholm, all carrying the subtitle ‘The Story of a Crime’. Their work was distinct from other crime fiction at the…

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Crossing the Line by Frédérique Molay

By DeathBecomesHer

21 September, 2014

Translated by Anne Trager — If your tastes tend towards the gory and you enjoy your crime set in a foreign clime, then this could be the book for you. Molay is the holder of a slew of international crime fiction awards and has been…

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CIS: All about Bloomsbury Reader

By crimefictionlover

20 September, 2014

Crime Fiction Lover is very pleased to bring you Classics in September – a month of good old crime books – with the support of Bloomsbury Reader. Advertising on our site and providing us with great prizes for you on Facebook, Bloomsbury Reader is the…

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Rose Gold by Walter Mosley

By DavidPrestidge

20 September, 2014

It is the mid 1960s and in Los Angeles black folks have, to a degree, been replaced by young political activists and hippies as the biggest perceived threat to the white middle classes – and the LAPD. Even so, PI Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Rawlins is surprised…

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CIS: The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell

By spriteby

19 September, 2014

First published by Grayson & Grayson in 1935, The Devil at Saxon Wall was the sixth book in Gladys Mitchell’s Mrs Bradley Mysteries. Beatrice Adelaide Lestrange Bradley made her debut in the 1929 novel, Speedy Death, and made a total of 66 appearances before taking…

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A different French connection

By DavidPrestidge

18 September, 2014

On the Radar — No, there hasn’t been a re-issue of the great 1971 movie. Our French connection this week is via two new novels set in France, written by Frédérique Molay and ML Longworth. If French crime isn’t your tasse de thé, then how about a…

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The Iron Sickle by Martin Limon

Personal by Lee Child

CIS: A guide to the Martin Beck series

Crossing the Line by Frédérique Molay

CIS: All about Bloomsbury Reader

Rose Gold by Walter Mosley

CIS: The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell

A different French connection

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