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And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley

By DavidPrestidge

23 May, 2015

New York PI Leonid Trotter McGill has a chaotic personal life. His wife is lying in a care home, broken and depressed as a result of years of mutual betrayal and infidelity. His brother is serving a life term in an Indiania prison. His son…

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Campion's champion, Tey's away

By DavidPrestidge

21 May, 2015

On the Radar — There are those who say we should bury the heroes of crime fiction with their authors, and others who contend that it’s simply no fun without new stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, or Lisbeth Salander for that matter. This week Margery Allingham…

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The Slaughterman by Tony Parsons

By DavidPrestidge

18 May, 2015

London copper Max Wolfe first appeared last year in The Murder Bag. Now he returns to track a sadistic killer who has butchered four members of a wealthy family, and kidnapped their youngest child. The family thought themselves secure in their upmarket gated estate, but their…

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Ruins of War by John A Connell

By DavidPrestidge

17 May, 2015

This is a crime debut for John A Connell, a Paris-based author. Once a cameraman, he has worked both in Hollwood and for the small screen. Ruins of War features a former cop – Mason Collins – who is working as a criminal investigator with…

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You Are Dead, Murder Down Under, and more

By DavidPrestidge

14 May, 2015

On the Radar — This week we start in Brighton with Peter James and his 11th Roy Grace novel, You Are Dead. Then, it’s an intercontinental flight all the way to Tasmania for a cosy mystery. In addition, we have a handful of books from the UK, a…

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Horror x crime, and more...

By DavidPrestidge

7 May, 2015

On the Radar — The horror, the horror… Yes, and we’re not even talking about the UK General Election. Instead, this week we head up our new books column with two crime-horror crossovers. One is by Clive Barker, one of the biggest names on the horror…

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Two Bronze Pennies by Chris Nickson

By DavidPrestidge

4 May, 2015

We first met Inspector Tom Harper in Gods of Gold. Now he returns, newly married, but still trying to keep the peace in a wintry and grimy Leeds, the industrial city in the north of England. It is Christmas 1890, and a young Jewish man…

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The Killing of Bobbi Lomax by Cal Moriarty

By DavidPrestidge

1 May, 2015

Debut author Cal Moriarty was discovered after taking a course at the Faber Academy, and the publisher now has a fine writer on its hands who can weave a tale full of surprises and twists. Set in the early 1980s, the story begins when Bobbi Lomax is…

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And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley

Campion's champion, Tey's away

The Slaughterman by Tony Parsons

Ruins of War by John A Connell

You Are Dead, Murder Down Under, and more

Horror x crime, and more...

Two Bronze Pennies by Chris Nickson

The Killing of Bobbi Lomax by Cal Moriarty

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