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The Blue Flame by George Pelecanos

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Reading The Blue Flame, the first new crime novel by acclaimed author George Pelecanos since 2018, is like slipping into a comfortable pair of shoes—easy, familiar and you just know they’ll take you places. This novel features aging private detective Derek Strange, protagonist of five…
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Interview: Damien Boyd

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Police investigations were something Damien Boyd became very familiar with during his 25-year career as a solicitor, which included a spell working for the Crown Prosecution Service. A crime fiction lover just like us, he began writing as a hobby and before long had begun…
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Keigo Higashino (1958-2026) Remembered

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For readers of crime fiction, Keigo Higashino was much more than the bestselling author of The Devotion of Suspect X. He was a writer who transformed expectations of what a detective novel could be: a master of intricate plotting, psychological insight and devastating emotional revelations….
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Interview: Forensic mystery author Daniel Laz

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Whodunnit. It’s a word we use to describe mystery novels. It’s also a question. However, the Hungarian author Daniel Laz approaches things slightly differently. In his Frankie Voss Investigations series the question isn’t ‘who did it?’ but ‘what does the evidence actually tell us?’ Then,…
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Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd

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If you’re the kind of reader who likes to become totally immersed in a book, Ellery Lloyd’s new time-travel crime thriller Time to Burn could be just what you’re waiting for. Crime Fiction Lover reviews have jumped into other future-oriented techno-thrillers, teetering on the edge…
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