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Savage Ridge by Morgan Greene

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Savage Ridge is a thriller named for the tiny town in the Northwest United States where the action takes place. Ten years before the now of the story, three teenage best friends – Nicholas Pips, Emmy Nailer, and Peter Sachs – committed murder. This isn’t…
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Geisha Confidential by Mark Coggins

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Mark Coggins’s new Tokyo-based crime novel, Geisha Confidential, features middle-aged San Francisco-based private investigator August Riordan, who has appeared in a number of previous books in this award-winning series. Read this fast-paced story, and you’ll barely have time to feel the jet lag. Almost as…
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The Teacher by Tim Sullivan

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Tim Sullivan’s The Teacher is the newest in his entertaining series of police procedurals whose titles come from the murder victim’s profession and we’ve previously reviewed The Monk. When thinking ahead to 2024, and the kinds of crime books that are likely on the horizon,…
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Deep Freeze by Michael C Grumley

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Set in the near future, Michael C Grumley’s new thriller Deep Freeze probes issues surrounding the quest for immortality. Who would want such a thing? What dose of hubris is required to even contemplate it? And, how could science make it possible? Certainly, lifespan extension…
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Broadcast Blues by RG Belsky

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Sixth in former New York City newsman RG Belsky’s mystery series featuring Channel 10 news director Clare Carlson, Broadcast Blues continues to deliver. Belsky is a former print journalist, as was Clare before her newspaper folded, and both of them tend to look down just…
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Vicki Weisfeld: Top five books of 2023

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In 2023, I was lucky to read quite a few engrossing crime novels, making this year’s top five even harder to select than usual. The list below includes a wide range of types and topics, offering excellent choices, no matter your subgenre preferences. Also, I…
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