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The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead

By Paul Burke

28 August, 2025

The influence of Golden Age mysteries on modern crime fiction is huge. Readers simply cannot get enough of the closed-circle murder mystery and the locked-room puzzle – archetypes handed down from Agatha Christie and John Dixon Carr through generations of writers to the new kids…

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The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet

By DeathBecomesHer

26 August, 2025

Best known as The Secret Barrister – an author with several non-fiction books under their belt – the shadowy SJ Fleet has finally arrived on the crime fiction scene with their debut The Cut Throat Trial. It’s a compelling mix of Rumpole of the Bailey…

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Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

26 August, 2025

Diane Schaffer’s debut crime novel, Mortal Zin, begins as corporate attorney Nollaig Cooper returns to the Santa Cruz wine valley in California after a decade in Ireland. She wants to make a fresh start. Noli’s childhood mentor, John Fitzgerald, has offered her a position at…

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A Twist of Fate by Se-Ah Jang

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

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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Two Kinds of Stranger by Steve Cavanagh

By DeathBecomesHer

5 August, 2025

No good deed goes unpunished, according to the oft-quoted saying. So where does that leave us in these random-act-of-kindness days? In deep doo-doo, if Steve Cavanagh’s latest Eddie Flynn novel is to be believed. Two Kinds of Stranger opens with TikToker Elly Parker heading through…

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The Inside Man by Trevor Wood

By DeathBecomesHer

4 August, 2025

Over many, many decades, fictional detectives have relied on their brains – the ‘little grey cells’ as one of the clan’s most famed members, Hercule Poirot, would put it – to tackle the most complicated of cases. But what if that mind isn’t firing on…

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The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware

By DeathBecomesHer

1 August, 2025

It is nine long years since Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 made its considerable mark on the publishing world. Ware is an author known for her standalones, but with the Woman in Suite 11 she has broken that mould to create a sequel….

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The Good Liar by Denise Mina

By Sharon Richardson

29 July, 2025

Denise Mina’s The Good Liar is a suspenseful exploration of the impact of wealth, class and power on a murder case. Is justice truly blind? Can expert testimony always be trusted? Is it possible for the law keep pace with technology? The book opens as…

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The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead

The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet

Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer

A Twist of Fate by Se-Ah Jang

Two Kinds of Stranger by Steve Cavanagh

The Inside Man by Trevor Wood

The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware

The Good Liar by Denise Mina

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