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The Broken River by Chris Hammer

The parched landscape of the Australian outback has provided a compelling backdrop for many a crime novel in recent years. Think of The Dry by Jane Harper, Gabriel Bergmoser’s The Hunted, or Chris Hammer’s debut, Scrublands. But there’s water aplenty in Hammer’s latest, The Broken…
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Strange Pictures by Uketsu

Translated by Jim Rion — Strange Pictures is Uketsu’s second novel but the first to be translated into English. It’s a sinister and original book that straddles the line between crime and horror, drawing readers into a dark, unsettling and deeply immersive world of interconnected…
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The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan

Tim Sullivan’s entertaining and popular series of murder mysteries proves no profession is safe from murderous impulses. His latest, The Bookseller, certainly lives up to previous entries. You might not think a bookseller, particularly one whose specialty is rare books and first editions, would rile…
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Buried Road by Katie Tallo

Three years have passed since Investigator Augusta (Gus) Monet’s partner, Howard Baylis, vanished during a family camping trip in Southern Ontario. Gus and Bly, her 13-year-old daughter, have searched for him tirelessly, pursuing leads and pressuring the police. Though she’s found no clues, Gus clings…
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