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The Collaborators by Michael Idov

By Vicki Weisfeld

6 January, 2025

Michael Idov’s firecracker espionage thriller starts with an unforgettable scene. A commercial airliner flying from Istanbul to Riga, Latvia, is intercepted over Belarus by a Russian MiG-29, which dogs the plane just 50 yards portside. In case anyone doubted its intent, the MiG speeds forward,…

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Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney

By DeathBecomesHer

20 December, 2024

In a world populated by off-kilter characters, it takes a certain something to make a protagonist memorable for a crime fiction reader. For me there are just a handful that stick out – Elizabeth in Emma Healey’s Elizabeth is Missing, for example; Liz Nugent’s Strange…

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White City by Dominic Nolan

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

18 December, 2024

Dominic Nolan’s White City is a gritty, evocative story set in 1950s London, a city in ruins after World War II. While many crime novels set in the city focus on the East End, here we’re up west, in and around Notting Dale, Soho, White…

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Havoc by Christopher Bollen

By Vicki Weisfeld

10 December, 2024

The ancient Egyptian god Set, son of Earth and Sky, was considered a god of many things, including disorder, violence and foreigners, which is a pretty accurate roadmap for Christopher Bollen’s themes in his new psychological thriller Havoc. Set even has a present-day role to…

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The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

By Sharon Richardson

2 December, 2024

The Grey Wolf is the 19th book in the enjoyable Three Pines series by Canadian author Louise Penny, which follows the story of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his family as he solves crime in the village of Three Pines and across Quebec. Typically, the…

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Murder Town by Shelley Burr

By DeathBecomesHer

21 November, 2024

Where would Australian crime fiction be without its small, isolated outback towns, complete with crime rates to rival Midsomer Murders? The likes of Chris Hammer, Jane Harper and Garry Disher have put such places on the map – and long may they continue to do…

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Going to the Dogs by Pierre Lemaitre

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

19 November, 2024

Translated by Frank Wynne — Crime Fiction Lovers already recognise that Pierre Lemaitre is a master of the thriller whose books can be hard, unsettling and downright violent at times – such as his Camille Verhoeven novels. So don’t be fooled by the cosy-style cover…

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The Bells of Westminster by Leonora Nattrass

By Paul Burke

13 November, 2024

Leonora Nattrass quickly became a favourite in historical crime fiction with her Laurence Jago series which began with Black Drop and involves the espionage, politics and criminality of 1790s England and its empire. Literary tales with a light touch, her books have similar appeal to…

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The Collaborators by Michael Idov

Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney

White City by Dominic Nolan

Havoc by Christopher Bollen

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

Murder Town by Shelley Burr

Going to the Dogs by Pierre Lemaitre

The Bells of Westminster by Leonora Nattrass

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