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Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

23 September, 2021

From the founder and publisher of Cemetery Dance Magazine, a publication specialising in horror and suspense, comes a spine-chilling story about a serial killer terrorising a small town in the state of Maryland. A metafictional retelling of events that took place in 1988, Chasing the…

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Meadowlark by Greg Ruth and Ethan Hawke

By Paul Burke

20 September, 2021

Ethan Hawke has over 50 films to his name and he’s written three adult novels, all bestsellers. Meadowlark is his second graphic novel in collaboration with illustrator and writer, Greg Ruth, following Indeh in 2016, and it’s rather good. Aimed at older teens, this coming-of-age…

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Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

By Paul Burke

16 September, 2021

Translated by Quentin Bates — Multi-award winning Icelandic author and playwright Lilja Sigardardóttir really grabbed our attention with her Reykjavik Noir trilogy. Snare, Trap and Cage are perfectly encapsulated noir stories about ordinary people caught up in the underbelly of Icelandic society. Yet when you…

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The Turnout by Megan Abbott

By DeathBecomesHer

15 September, 2021

The last book I read with a ballet theme was Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes. At the time, it inspired me to dream of wearing a tutu and pointe shoes and learning to dance. If I’d read The Turnout first, I think I’d have wanted to…

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Her Sister's Shadow by Catherine Wimpeney

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 September, 2021

Catherine Wimpeney’s debut thriller draws on her experiences and insights as a psychotherapist to create a nuanced portrait of a woman with profound and initially unappreciated mental health challenges. Kay is a senior investigating officer in the Manchester police who is a bit uneasy with…

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Death Threats and Other Stories by Georges Simenon

By Paul Burke

12 September, 2021

Translated by Roz Schwartz — This anthology of five Maigret stories, three of which appear for the first time in English, completes the Penguin Classics Maigret collection. It’s a project that began on 7 November 2013, and each month since then – more or less…

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Tokyo Zangyo by Michael Pronko

By nagaisayonara

9 September, 2021

Zangyo – or overtime – is what keeps the corporate wheels turning in Japan, and American author Michael Pronko’s newest novel, the fourth in the Detective Hiroshi series, examines the cost of this pressure to succeed. When a top-level manager at Senden Central is found…

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The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves

By DeathBecomesHer

7 September, 2021

It is two years almost to the day since Ann Cleeves launched Detective Matthew Venn into the cutthroat world of crime fiction. He was new and green and had some tough acts to follow. After all, Cleeves is the creator of the hugely popular Vera…

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Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

Meadowlark by Greg Ruth and Ethan Hawke

Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

Her Sister's Shadow by Catherine Wimpeney

Death Threats and Other Stories by Georges Simenon

Tokyo Zangyo by Michael Pronko

The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves

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