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Climate of Fear

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Alongside Pierre Lemaitre, we reckon Fred Vargas represents the best of contemporary French crime fiction and the author is fully on form with A Climate of Fear, the latest Commissaire Adamsberg book. This mystery begins in Paris, where an old woman, barely able to walk, drags…
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The Voices Beyond

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Johan Theorin is a master storyteller, and this fourth book in the Oland trilogy – each of which is based on a season – rounds it out with a tale of summertime death and mayhem. The terror begins when a young boy out paddling runs…
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Sonata of the Dead

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The second novel by Conrad Williams to feature private detective Joel Sorrell, Sonata of the Dead sees our man investigating the murder of his daughter’s boyfriend. Oh, and Sarah herself is missing. It appears the dead man was part of a secretive organisation called The Accelerants and perhaps…
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Out of Bounds

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This new Val McDermid novel is a great achievement – not just for her fantastic writing, but because it is the Scottish author’s 30th crime book and she’s showing no signs of wear and tear. Things get underway with a joyride, and one member of…
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Darktown

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Thomas Mullen’s powerful look at the injustices caused by racism in the Atlanta, GA police force of the late 1940s makes this a must-read book. Officers Boggs and Smith – two of the first eight black policemen recruited in the city – put their jobs…
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A Grave Concern

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It’s 14th century Cambridge, as evoked by Susanna Gregory, and there’s been a series of strange killings that the locals believe are down to the devil himself. Up on the roof of St Mary the Great, the chancellor of the university has been seen fighting…
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The Heavenly Table

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After the death of their bullying, half-mad, religious zealot father, the three Jewett boys embark on a crime spree. It starts off on the border between Georgia and Alabama and takes them to one God-forsaken place after another as they head towards Canada. Will they redeem…
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The Finnish double-punch

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On the Radar — In a move reminiscent of a terrifying 1980s pro wrestling move, Orenda Books is landing a Finnish double-punch on us this week with two knockout Nordic noir novels. We’ve practiced our pronunciations, and we can assure you that both Kati Kiekkapelto and Antti…
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