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Watching Edie

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If you missed Camilla Way’s psychological thriller in the summer, you better grab a copy as soon as possible. This book is unputdownable, with a story centring on a character called Edie, once a wild child in her sixth form years, now she’s living on…
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The Silent Dead

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Tetsuya Honda will get you hooked on Japanese crime fiction. The Silent Dead centres on the case of a mutilated body found in a suburban fishpond. The death is being investigated by young homicide detective Lieutenant Reiko Himekawa. As in the UK and the US, the Tokyo…
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The Dead House

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Each of Harry Bingham’s Fiona Griffiths novels has received five stars here on Crime Fiction Lover, and we reckon they better start giving the Cardiff-based author some awards – and fast! This time our investigator, who has the unusual condition of Cottard’s disease – is…
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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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