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French Windows by Antoine Laurain

By Vicki Weisfeld

6 June, 2024

Translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie — The unconventional short novel French Windows by French author Antoine Laurain proves once again that delving into another person’s psyche is tricky business. You know from the cover that the book is a murder mystery, but what is this…

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The Translator by Harriet Crawley

By Vicki Weisfeld

23 May, 2024

If you’re a US fan of espionage thrillers you’ll be excited that Harriet Crawley’s The Translator – lauded by UK media as one of the best thrillers of 2023 – is finally available in the United States. If you’re a UK follower of this site…

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The Debt Collector by Steven Max Russo

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 May, 2024

Here’s a new crime thriller that will upend your expectations at every turn – Steven Max Russo’s The Debt Collector. The literati say there are only two plots in all of literature: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. This…

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A classic revisited: Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker

By Vicki Weisfeld

30 April, 2024

Millions of UK and US readers have basked in the sunny French countryside via the books by the late Peter Mayle, author of 1989’s A Year in Provence. If you’re one of them, then the more recently written Bruno, Chief of Police series by Martin…

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The Infiltrator by TR Hendricks

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 April, 2024

When the tropes of crime fiction become too much – the secrets, the deceit, the evasions, the jealousies – that’s when a no-holds-barred thriller like The Infiltrator by TR Hendricks makes a welcome cleanse. Its adventure-first approach scours your veins as you follow retired US…

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The Murder of Mr Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 April, 2024

This light-hearted crime adventure is a book I’ve been looking forward to for some months for several good reasons. Although it is co-written with media executive John Shen Yen Nee, I was already a fan of SJ Rozan’s award-winning mysteries featuring New York City private…

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The Innocents by Bridget Walsh

By Vicki Weisfeld

28 March, 2024

This is the second novel in the entertaining historical mystery series Bridget Walsh launched last year with The Tumbling Girl. The stories are set in Victorian London, in a particular world we less often read about – a music hall called the Variety Palace. The…

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Rodolfo Walsh’s Last Case by Elsa Drucaroff

By Vicki Weisfeld

25 March, 2024

Translated by Slava Faybysh — Fact and fiction overlap, reinforce, and illuminate each other in this historical ‘true crime’ novel by Argentine novelist and literature professor Elsa Drucaroff. In real life, as in the novel, Rodolfo Walsh was a well-known Argentinian writer of detective fiction…

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French Windows by Antoine Laurain

The Translator by Harriet Crawley

The Debt Collector by Steven Max Russo

A classic revisited: Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker

The Infiltrator by TR Hendricks

The Murder of Mr Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan

The Innocents by Bridget Walsh

Rodolfo Walsh’s Last Case by Elsa Drucaroff

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