2014

Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

By DeathBecomesHer

16 July, 2014

We’re in Atlanta and it’s 1974. Doesn’t sound long ago if you’re of a certain age – but trust me, mid-70s Georgia is a world away from the uber-politically correct here and now. It’s November as the book opens, and a distraught police officer is…

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The Sun is God by Adrian McKinty

By DavidPrestidge

15 July, 2014

Adrian McKinty has made his name with three crime trilogies, the latest of which featured Catholic cop Sean Duffy in the midst of sectarian turmoil in 1980s Belfast. So, The Sun is God is a bit of a departure. Here we meet Will Prior, once…

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Bastille Day Special: The best of French crime fiction

By DavidPrestidge

14 July, 2014

On 14 July, all of France celebrates Bastille Day. On this day in 1789, the infamous Paris prison was stormed by the mob, thus heralding the Revolution and the end of the ancien régime. To honour the occasion, the lovers of French crime fiction within…

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The Fever by Megan Abbott

By Andre

13 July, 2014

With her early, noirish crime novels, Megan Abbott revisited the hardboiled tradition and period detail of 1950s LA from a female character’s perspective. Her more recent books, including Dare Me, have focused on the mystery and intrigue surrounding teenage girls. From that description you might…

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Should I drink this strange brew?

By crimefictionlover

11 July, 2014

First there was The Shining Girls. And to promote Lauren Beukes’ the time traveling serial killer novel HarperCollins sent out a ViewMaster unit with creepy imagery in the slides. Today an odd shaped package has arrived containing – among other things – a strange blue…

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The Final Silence by Stuart Neville

By DavidPrestidge

11 July, 2014

DI Jack Lennon is in a world of trouble. He is half crippled by slow-healing bullet wounds, incurred while engaged on a case which ended with his suspension from the police force. Stolen Souls (2012) recounts this story, and our review is here. Lennon, struggling…

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Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith

By RoughJustice

10 July, 2014

Here is a novel which has attracted attention for its plot twist which turns race relations and America’s colonial legacy on its head. The forty acres of the title refers to reparations promised, but not delivered, to the slaves emancipated after the American Civil War….

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Mr Rankin the playwright

By DavidPrestidge

10 July, 2014

On the Radar — This week we have two curiosities among the exciting new releases. Firstly – and this is certainly a first for CFL – we have the script of a stage play. Publishers wouldn’t normally expect scripts to sell particularly well, but seeing…

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Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

The Sun is God by Adrian McKinty

Bastille Day Special: The best of French crime fiction

Should I drink this strange brew?

The Final Silence by Stuart Neville

Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith

Mr Rankin the playwright

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