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Abigale Hall by Lauren A Forry

By DavidPrestidge

24 April, 2016

Written by Lauren A Forry — London, spring 1947. Bombed out houses stand like rotten teeth in an old man’s jaw, and the city is recovering from the harshest winter in memory. Youngsters have returned from the countryside to which they were sent during the War, but some…

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The Primrose Path by Rebecca Griffiths

By DeathBecomesHer

20 April, 2016

It’s a well worn plot device, much beloved of those old-fashioned Western movies I recall from my childhood. The stranger with a secret arrives in a sleepy frontier town, is eyed with suspicion by the locals and goes on to cause ructions. Fast forward to…

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The Girl from Home by Adam Mitzer

By DavidPrestidge

19 April, 2016

Wall Street traders used to call themselves the masters of the universe. Maybe they still do. It’s what Jonathan Caine’s friends call him, perhaps with a touch of irony, and he does indeed deal in the arcane world of hedge funds. He has a million…

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The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

By RoughJustice

18 April, 2016

Historical settings are always popular in crime fiction, and one of the richest in terms of intrigue is the post-World War II period. Whole societies went through cataclysmic changes, and a new order arose from the rubble. In Britain, the victorious Churchill was swept from…

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Death in Bayswater by Linda Stratmann

By spriteby

17 April, 2016

The Frances Doughty mysteries are no stranger to Crime Fiction Lover. Back in December 2014, we reviewed An Appetite for Murder, and our radar also picked up the fifth book in the series, The Children of Silence last May. Death in Bayswater finds London’s only female…

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The Vanished by Soren and Lotte Hammer

By crimefictionlover

16 April, 2016

Translated by Martin Aitken — Scandinavian crime fiction has given us some amazing strong, anti-social women as lead characters. Think of Lisbeth Salander, Smilla Jaspersen, Sarah Lund and Saga Noren, for instance. But it’s also has a reputation for quiet old men, usually with health problems. If…

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Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary

By DeathBecomesHer

14 April, 2016

Once upon a time, in a plush London duplex, lived a kind, handsome man, his beautiful, loving wife, and lovely, obedient, neat and tidy daughters. Sounds like a fairy story? It is, and as Marnie Rose and Noah Jake get deep into their latest investigation,…

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All Through the Night by MP Wright

By DavidPrestidge

13 April, 2016

After first appearing in the 2014 novel Heartman, private detective JT Ellington returns. Born in Barbados where he became a policeman, JT now lives in Bristol and is putting his skills to use. The book is set in the 1960s and JT approached by an austere woman from…

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Abigale Hall by Lauren A Forry

The Primrose Path by Rebecca Griffiths

The Girl from Home by Adam Mitzer

The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

Death in Bayswater by Linda Stratmann

The Vanished by Soren and Lotte Hammer

Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary

All Through the Night by MP Wright

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