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Damned if You Do by Michael Brandman

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7 September, 2014

The late Robert B Parker will always be remembered for Spenser, the Boston PI who polled at number six in our best 12 private eyes feature. That character was kept alive by Ace Atkins in the novel Wonderland and now Jesse Stone, another of Parker’s…

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The Sandman by Lars Kepler

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22 August, 2014

If your perception of Nordic noir is of troubled detectives who can’t relate to people at work or at home, who are giving in to alcoholism and as cold inside as the climate they inhabit, then the Joona Linna series, now in its fourth instalment,…

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The Mad and the Bad by Jean-Patrick Manchette

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14 August, 2014

Translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith — Last month we celebrated Bastille Day with a look at the best French crime fiction. My two suggestions for that list were written by Manchette. The quality of this author hasn’t escaped the eye of publishers New York Review Books,…

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A Beautiful Madness by Lee Thompson

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2 August, 2014

Lee Thompson has previously written horror, but A Beautiful Madness is his first crime book. It has a classic noir set-up with a dysfunctional family whose dirty secrets refuse to stay buried despite everyone’s best efforts. The themes reminded me of Tom Piccirilli (The Last…

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Interview: Lee Thompson

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28 July, 2014

When A Beautiful Madness is published by DarkFuse on 5 August, readers will be able to discover new voice on the noir and hardboiled scene. Lee Thompson’s first crime novel opens with the discovery of a dead body on the front lawn of a former…

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Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith

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10 July, 2014

Here is a novel which has attracted attention for its plot twist which turns race relations and America’s colonial legacy on its head. The forty acres of the title refers to reparations promised, but not delivered, to the slaves emancipated after the American Civil War….

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All Day and a Night by Alafair Burke

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24 June, 2014

The title All Day and a Night refers to prison slang for a sentence of life without parole – precisely the sentence given to Anthony Amaro almost 21 years ago for the murder of six women. Five murders were in upstate New York, in the…

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Gods of War by James Lovegrove

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20 June, 2014

Last year we reviewed The Stuff of Nightmares, a Holmesian pastiche with science fiction and steampunk elements in which Lovegrove successfully steered a line between pleasing fans of traditional Conan Doyle mysteries and provided something new for readers. He returns now with an adventure set…

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Damned if You Do by Michael Brandman

The Sandman by Lars Kepler

The Mad and the Bad by Jean-Patrick Manchette

A Beautiful Madness by Lee Thompson

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Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith

All Day and a Night by Alafair Burke

Gods of War by James Lovegrove

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