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Midnight Streets by Phil Lecomber

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From the title to the evocative cover showing a man in a trench coat and fedora, everything about Phil Lecomber’s second novel is designed to suggest we are stepping into classic detective fiction. However, the author has swapped the blinding glaze of Raymond Chandler’s LA…
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The Best Enemy by Sergio Olguín

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Translated by Miranda France — Here at Crime Fiction Lover, we have loved the Verónica Rosenthal series of novels since the very beginning. All three previous titles in the series – The Fragility of Bodies, The Foreign Girls and There Are No Happy Loves –…
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Rough Justice: Top five books of 2024

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We are cursed to live in ‘interesting times’ but one comfort is that we enjoy a branch of literature which doesn’t just distract us from the worries of everyday life, but also has the power to examine and illuminate those aspects of society that might…
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Rogue by Paul Finch

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When Kiss Of Death was published in 2018, I doubt Paul Finch expected his readers to have to wait six years to see how he resolved the astounding cliff-hanger DS Heckenburg faced at the conclusion of that novel. But it seems not even best-selling authors…
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