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Psycho: Sanitarium by Chet Williamson

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13 May, 2016

Robert Bloch (1917-1994) left a considerable body of work in the fields of crime, horror, and science fiction, but is best remembered for his psychological horror, Psycho (1959). Its protagonist, Norman Bates, was immortalised in Alfred Hitchcock’s film the following year. There were sequels to…

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The Vinyl Detective by Andrew Cartmel

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10 May, 2016

The Vinyl Detective isn’t actually a real detective. He’s just a young, single Londoner whose name is never revealed. A jazz fanatic, he makes his living digging through the crates at record fairs and in charity shops looking for rare vinyl being sold cheap. When…

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Death Zones by Simon Pasternak

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25 April, 2016

Translated by Martin Aitken — This bleak novel is set towards the end of World War II, as the Nazi offensive in Russia stalls amidst terrible fighting and enormous military and civilian casualties. SS Oberleutnant Heinrich Hoffman is a detective with the German police in…

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The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

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18 April, 2016

Historical settings are always popular in crime fiction, and one of the richest in terms of intrigue is the post-World War II period. Whole societies went through cataclysmic changes, and a new order arose from the rubble. In Britain, the victorious Churchill was swept from…

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The Passenger by Lisa Lutz

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8 March, 2016

Lisa Lutz is the author of The Spellman Chronicles, a series with six entries so far about the comic adventures of a dysfunctional family of private investigators. The Passenger, billed as a dark psychological thriller in the vein of Gone Girl, therefore represents something of…

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Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

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7 March, 2016

As the creator of the iconic PI Mike Hammer, hardboiled author Mickey Spillane needs no introduction. Nor should Max Allan Collins. The latter’s original series about Quarry, the hit-man who targets other hitmen, is about to become a TV series. At the same time publisher…

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The Travelers by Chris Pavone

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4 March, 2016

In an expertly assembled first few chapters, Chris Pavone sets the scene nicely. The Travelers of the title is a magazine, and so much more. It’s a brand, an idea, an aspiration, an experience and, indeed, a lifestyle. You could say it’s the Grand Dame…

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The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes by Michael Kurland

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23 February, 2016

This author is perhaps best known for his series of comic historical thrillers featuring that infamous criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. You can read our review of the most recent book in that series, Who Thinks Evil, here. Recently, Titan Books republished another of his historical…

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Psycho: Sanitarium by Chet Williamson

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Death Zones by Simon Pasternak

The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

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Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

The Travelers by Chris Pavone

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