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First Look: The Tailor by Tim Sullivan

14 May, 2026

Tim Sullivan’s neurodivergent detective, George Cross, returns for an eighth case in The Tailor on 16 July 2026. Once again, the Bristol-based detective sergeant will be working a murder. He’s solved cases involving a politician, a dentist, a bookseller, a teacher and more… this time…

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Shadows on Sidewalks by James Grady

By Chris Connor

13 May, 2026

James Grady’s debut novel Six Days of the Condor, was a smash hit in 1974, the basis for the classic Robert Redford film Three Days of the Condor. Since then, he has written a string of successful novels, covering espionage, noir and more. At 77,…

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Marked for Death by RO Thorp

By Erin Britton

13 May, 2026

Universities are supposed to be places of quiet scholarship, polite disagreement and excessive footnotes… not suspicious deaths. Yet in RO Thorp’s Marked for Death, the cloistered world of academia proves just as dangerous as any dark alley, picturesque English village or research trip to the…

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Jack on the Gallows Tree by Leo Bruce

By Erin Britton

11 May, 2026

First published in 1960 and now included in the British Library Crime Classics series, Jack on the Gallows Tree is part of the long-running Carolus Deene series. Written by Leo Bruce, the pen name of Rupert Croft-Cooke, the series blends the puzzle mystery traditions of…

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Unemployed Killers Support Group by Rio

By Paul Burke

8 May, 2026

Translated by Vanessa Liu — Rio is a Taiwanese writer and artist and this is the first in her very successful manga series, which has already won awards across Europe and Asia. Curiously, Rio says there is no support group culture in Taiwan, so the…

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On the Radar: Michael Connelly's Ironwood, and more

By crimefictionlover

8 May, 2026

It’s always big news when a new Michael Connelly novel is announced. This week the creator of detective Harry Bosch is back with the second in his new series, which focuses on Detective Sergeant Stilwell, another California cop with villains to collar. We’re on the…

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John B Peoples by Michael Cowan

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 May, 2026

Lawyer Michael Cowan’s new crime novel, John B Peoples, is a fascinating trip through the ambiguous places where the ragged edges of law, ethics and justice meet up. For a book of fewer than 250 pages, it packs in a lot! John Peoples is a…

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Astronaut! by Oana Aristide

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

7 May, 2026

Astronaut! is a satirical police procedural and coming-of-age story set in the final months of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship in 1989 Romania. At the centre of the story are Constantin, a weary police detective, and Lia, a rebellious schoolgirl. Both have to navigate their daily lives…

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First Look: The Tailor by Tim Sullivan

Shadows on Sidewalks by James Grady

Marked for Death by RO Thorp

Jack on the Gallows Tree by Leo Bruce

Unemployed Killers Support Group by Rio

On the Radar: Michael Connelly's Ironwood, and more

John B Peoples by Michael Cowan

Astronaut! by Oana Aristide

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