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Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason

By Raven

17 September, 2014

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Following the teasing, ambiguous and melancholy end to Strange Shores – which is said to be the final novel in the Erlendur series – Reykjavik Nights doesn’t tell us what happened to our hero. Instead, it’s a prequel to the…

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Stranger at Sunset by Eden Baylee

By DavidPrestidge

16 September, 2014

Psychiatrist Dr Kate Hampton takes a vacation in Jamaica, staying at the luxury resort Sunset Villa. It’s gated off against the wilder criminal elements of the Caribbean island, but all is not well. The owners of Sunset Villa, Nolan and Anna Pearson, have two problems….

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A Song from Dead Lips by William Shaw

By Andre

15 September, 2014

Crime writers are occasionally given to complaining about how technology has made life harder when it comes to plotting. Many Golden Age authors would certainly have been scuppered by mobile phones or CCTV. So, in theory, the historical crime novel should make life simpler. However,…

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The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

By DeathBecomesHer

13 September, 2014

If Agatha Christie is the queen of crime writing, then Val McDermid is surely her lady in waiting. She’s written 28 novels and has topped the bestseller list so many times that she deserves a free season ticket. McDermid is best known for her Wire…

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The Meating Room by TF Muir

By DeathBecomesHer

11 September, 2014

St Andrews is headquarters of the Royal and Ancient and the home of golf. Obviously, it is a sedate, peaceful place where the only sound to be heard is the smacking of golf balls and the occasional muttered curse from someone stuck in a bunker….

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Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

By Andre

9 September, 2014

Dear Daughter is one of those debut crime novels that arrives with the sort of buzz that guarantees it will get noticed in a busy period for major new titles. The blurbs from genre giants Kate Atkinson and Tana French suggest that Elizabeth Little may…

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The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah

By DeathBecomesHer

9 September, 2014

Have you ever had to step into someone else’s shoes? It’s tough trying to equal, or better, what came before, isn’t it? And when that someone else is the undisputed queen of crime, the legendary Dame Agatha Christie, then you would surely have to be…

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Damned if You Do by Michael Brandman

By RoughJustice

7 September, 2014

The late Robert B Parker will always be remembered for Spenser, the Boston PI who polled at number six in our best 12 private eyes feature. That character was kept alive by Ace Atkins in the novel Wonderland and now Jesse Stone, another of Parker’s…

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Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason

Stranger at Sunset by Eden Baylee

A Song from Dead Lips by William Shaw

The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

The Meating Room by TF Muir

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah

Damned if You Do by Michael Brandman

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