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First look: Gunther returns in The Other Side of Silence

By DavidPrestidge

19 March, 2016

Philip Kerr’s damaged but noble German cop Bernie Gunther is back for another episode and here’s your chance for a first look at The Other Side of Silence. Gunther bestrides the 20th century. We know he fought in World War I but Kerr has kept that…

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Bryant, May, and more...

By DavidPrestidge

17 March, 2016

On the Radar — There’s already a buzz in the crime fiction world about the new Bryant & May novel by Christopher Fowler, and you’ll be able to read our review soon. This week we’ve also got the latest Harlan Coben, and a packet of…

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What's the big Ordeal?

By DavidPrestidge

10 March, 2016

On the Radar — Jorn Lier Horst is catching up on Jo Nesbo and Karin Possum at the top table of Norwegian crime fiction. With a Glass Key award to his name, he returns with a new police procedural for his conscientious detective William Wisting…

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If I Run by Terri Blackstock

By DavidPrestidge

9 March, 2016

In a house in Shreveport, Louisiana, a journalist lies dead. He has bled out from savage stab wounds, inflicted by someone who knew exactly where to plunge the knife. A young woman flees the scene. Her bloody footprints surround Brent Pace’s corpse, his blood is…

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Death in Profile by Guy Fraser-Sampson

By DavidPrestidge

6 March, 2016

Hampstead is one of London’s more desirable quarters, with its lofty position, much sought-after properties, and reputation for housing many of the city’s millionaires. Murder does not respect postcode, however, and when the wife of a well-to-do doctor is found dead, the local constabulary compare…

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No turkeys this week...

By DavidPrestidge

3 March, 2016

On the Radar — Well, we say there are no turkeys this week, but at first glance there is one on the cover of TM Causey’s The Saints of the Lost and Found. But a closer look reveals it’s an angelic jacket, and the book has an excellent title….

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Speakers of the Dead by J Aaron Sanders

By DavidPrestidge

2 March, 2016

Writers as varied as Dashiell Hammett and Oscar Wilde have been called into action by crime fiction authors. J Aaron Sanders recruits America’s greatest poet Walt Whitman for his debut crime novel, Speakers of the Dead. The author is well suited to his subject, with…

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First look: Distress Signals

By DavidPrestidge

2 March, 2016

It’s a wrap. They love to say that on film sets, don’t they? And when they think an upcoming release is special, maybe publishers say it too. Their marketing departments are in the habit of wrapping up advance copies as though they are presents for reviewers these…

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First look: Gunther returns in The Other Side of Silence

Bryant, May, and more...

What's the big Ordeal?

If I Run by Terri Blackstock

Death in Profile by Guy Fraser-Sampson

No turkeys this week...

Speakers of the Dead by J Aaron Sanders

First look: Distress Signals

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