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Nothing Important Happened Today

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Written by Will Carver — He disappeared for a few years but Will Carver returned in style in 2018 with Good Samaritans. Detective Inspector Pace was then investigating two grisly murders and he returns in Nothing Important Happened Today and as in the previous novel…
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Death in the East

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Written by Abir Mukherjee — The acclaimed Wyndham and Banerjee historical crime series returns with a fourth instalment. Was it really in 2016 that The Rising Man introduced us to Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Surrender-not Banerjee? Most recently Wyndham was caught in the angry…
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Sanctuary

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Luca D’Andrea gives us an intense thriller with an atmospheric South Tyrolean setting that, in some respects, defies genre pigeon holing. It’s part rural noir and part psychological page turner that has many familiar tropes but steers through the clichés with panache. Marlene Wegener is…
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In the Silence by MR Mackenzie

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Tartan noir continues to produce the finest of crime fiction and although authors such as Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, and Denise Mina dominate there is new talent coming through. In The Silence sits alongside these heavyweights of Scottish crime fiction with its nomination on the…
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The Appointment by Dylan Young

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The cover and title of this novel scream medical thriller but this novel is firmly in the psychological thrills category. It does have strong medical credentials and the story centres on Dan Lewis, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon with a dream job down in Southwest England….
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Sanctuary

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Written by Luca D’Andrea — It was back in 2017 that we first picked up the global bestselling psychological thriller The Mountain by D’Andrea . Sanctuary is another thriller with strong psychological overtones that may be a match for D’Andrea’s five-star debut novel. We are…
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The Sound of Her Voice

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Written by Nathan Blackwell — New Zealand has offered some exciting avenues for crime fiction in recent years and their annual Ngaio Marsh Awards are fertile ground for atmospheric stories with formidable backdrops. The Sound of Her Voice is less preoccupied with setting but debut…
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The Price You Pay

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The Price You Pay is gonzo noir for the gig economy generation from Aidan Truhen. Jack Price is the coke dealing entrepreneur who runs up against the Seven Demons, a super team of global assassins. Price is an uninhibited voice of scorn railing at the…
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