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A Twist of Fate by Se-Ah Jang

20 August, 2025

Translated by SL Park –– South Korean author Se-Ah Jang’s crime debut, A Twist of Fate, draws inspiration from classic gothic fiction. While utilising many of the genre’s tropes – family secrets, unexplained deaths, and a sinister mansion – the novel also has some unique…

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The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

8 July, 2025

Olivia Dumont is a ghostwriter, but a public spat with another writer has left her career in ruins. Her luck changes when acclaimed horror author Vincent Taylor requests Olivia to ghostwrite his memoirs. This isn’t just any life story, though. Vincent’s siblings were murdered in…

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The Bonnie Dead by Andrew Raymond

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

1 July, 2025

Glasgow author Andrew Raymond is well-known for his political and spy thrillers, but The Bonnie Dead is his first venture into the crime genre – a police procedural set in his home city. You’ll find it has all the things we love about Tartan noir…

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Summerhouse by Yiğit Karaahmet

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

17 June, 2025

Translated by Nicholas Glastonbury — It’s not often we come across Turkish crime fiction, much less examples influenced by Nabokov and Highsmith, but Yiğit Karaahmet has produced an original, atmospheric debut with LGBTQ+ themes. Summerhouse is set on Büyükada, an island just off Istanbul, and…

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Red Tide by Irma Venter

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

9 June, 2025

Translated by Karin Schimke — Renowned South African crime author Irma Venter plunges readers into the arid expanse of the Great Karoo where the little town of Carnavon harbours old grudges, secrets and an unsolved murder that took place three years back. The plot revolves…

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The Grown-Up by Saskia Noort

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

28 May, 2025

Translated by Jai van Essen — Readers of domestic noir will revel in Dutch writer Saskia Noort’s dark new thriller that unravels the psychological aftermath of a mother’s sudden disappearance. Set against the backdrop of Amsterdam, The Grown-Up combines the suspense of a missing persons…

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Splintered Justice by Kim Hays

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

24 April, 2025

Kim Hays returns with Splintered Justice, the fourth book in her Polizei Bern series and we get to return to the seemingly serene yet sometimes shadowy Swiss city. In this latest instalment, detectives Giuliana Linder and Renzo Donatelli take on two cases that force them…

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White King by Juan Gómez-Jurado

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

28 March, 2025

Translated by Nick Caistor — White King concludes Spanish crime author Juan Gómez-Jurado’s the popular trilogy featuring Antonia Scott, which was adapted for television in Amazon’s Red Queen series last year. Is it a goodbye the brilliant but asocial investigator and her witty sidekick, Jon…

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A Twist of Fate by Se-Ah Jang

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark

The Bonnie Dead by Andrew Raymond

Summerhouse by Yiğit Karaahmet

Red Tide by Irma Venter

The Grown-Up by Saskia Noort

Splintered Justice by Kim Hays

White King by Juan Gómez-Jurado

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