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Against the Law by David Gordon

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31 May, 2021

This is the third Joe the Bouncer novel, following on from The Bouncer (2018) and The Hard Stuff (2019). Joe Brody is indeed a bouncer. But as well as working the door at a New York strip club Joe does a lot of things. His…

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Every City is Every Other City by John McFetridge

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19 May, 2021

Ontario screenwriter and novelist John McFetridge is best known for the well-crafted, classic, hardboiled fiction which makes up his Toronto and Eddie Dougherty series. In his latest novel, billed as the first Gordon Stewart Mystery, he has tried something different. Every City is Every Other…

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Geiger by Gustaf Skordeman

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11 May, 2021

Translated by Ian Giles — It is summer in one of Stockholm’s most exclusive suburban neighbourhoods, and an idyllic family gathering is coming to an end. Three generations of the Broman family have spent a lovely day together at the patriarchal home. In his heyday,…

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How to Betray Your Country by James Wolff

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8 April, 2021

How to Betray Your Country is the second book in a planned themed trilogy exploring the ways an individual spy might turn traitorous. It follows on from Beside the Syrian Sea, in which an English spy attempts to trade national secrets in order to free…

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Later by Stephen King

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7 April, 2021

Once every few years, Stephen King publishes a paperback original through Hard Case Crime, such as Joyland and The Colorado Kid. He has written a number of thrillers recently as well, including the Mr Mercedes series. King, being King, these thrillers are at least horror…

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The Water Rituals by Eva Garcia Saenz

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31 March, 2021

Translated by Nick Caistor — In August 2020, we reviewed the first novel in Eva Garcia Saenz’s White City trilogy, The Silence of the White City. Set in Vitoria, in Spain, it was about the reopening of a historic serial killer case. Now, criminal profiler…

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Castle in the Air by Donald E Westlake

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30 March, 2021

Once again, Hard Case Crime has dug deep to unearth another forgotten book by the MWA Grand Master Westlake. At some point the well will run dry but there is so much enjoyment to be had from reading this caper that we must wish publishers…

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Like Flies from Afar by K Ferrari

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18 March, 2021

Translated by Adrian Nathan West — It’s difficult to know where to begin when discussing this short novel from Argentina. Is it a sharp piece of pulp exploitation? It is certainly full of sex, drugs and violence, and the quotes at the beginning from David…

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Against the Law by David Gordon

Every City is Every Other City by John McFetridge

Geiger by Gustaf Skordeman

How to Betray Your Country by James Wolff

Later by Stephen King

The Water Rituals by Eva Garcia Saenz

Castle in the Air by Donald E Westlake

Like Flies from Afar by K Ferrari

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