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Shatter Creek by Rod Reynolds

By Paul Burke

25 June, 2025

You’d be tempted to believe British author Rod Reynolds was American, with five of his six novels set in the US, but he’s actually a Brit with a good feel for Americana. In Shatter Creek, Hampstead County Detective Sergeant Casey Wray returns after Black Reed…

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The Stranger in Room Six by Jane Corry

By DeathBecomesHer

24 June, 2025

Crime fiction is full of well-used tropes, from alcoholic detectives to silver sleuths. Even the titles can get into a rut – remember all the ‘The Girl…’ books? On the face of it, Jane Corry‘s The Stranger in Room Six ticks many of the boxes…

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Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz

By crimefictionlover

21 June, 2025

When it comes to metafiction in the crime genre, nobody does it better than Anthony Horowitz. His Daniel Hawthorne detective novels are brilliant, and his Magpie Murders stories have been big hit in print and on screen thanks to the BBC series. Marble Hall Murders…

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Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood

By Erin Britton

20 June, 2025

It’s murder ahoy as the Marlow Murder Club take to the Thames and pit wits against another nefarious killer in Murder on the Marlow Belle. Robert Thorogood’s cosy mysteries – which have inspired a television series starring Samantha Bond – continue to go from strength…

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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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Creepy Crawly by Andrew Lowe

By DeathBecomesHer

9 June, 2025

Meet DI Jake Sawyer. He’s a tad different from your average British copper and as we first meet him he’s enduring a crowded train journey from London to Sheffield. As they speed through the flatlands of Bedfordshire, passengers are studiously ignoring a bit of a…

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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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FDR Drive by James Comey

By Paul Burke

3 June, 2025

The former director of the FBI turned author was sacked by Donald Trump in 2017 and was recently interviewed by the Secret Service in an ongoing feud with the man now back in the White House. Writing legal thrillers is probably a welcome escape from…

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Shatter Creek by Rod Reynolds

The Stranger in Room Six by Jane Corry

Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood

Summerhouse by Yiğit Karaahmet

Creepy Crawly by Andrew Lowe

Red Tide by Irma Venter

FDR Drive by James Comey

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