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Thieves Fall Out by Gore Vidal

By RoughJustice

10 April, 2015

Over the last few years Hard Case Crime has successfully unearthed some lost novels and re-introduced them with attractive throwback pulp covers. Novels such as The Comedy is Finished (written by Donald E Westlake), The Cocktail Waitress (James M Cain) and Grave Descend (Michael Crichton)…

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Burn Cards by Christopher Irvin

By nagaisayonara

9 April, 2015

Burn cards are those dealt from the top of the deck and discarded – of no use to anyone. Casino towns like Reno are full of people who are a bit like this – seemingly on the lowest rung, but holding onto their secrets. Reno,…

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Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman

By Andre

8 April, 2015

This debut novel introduces Henry Farrell, a policeman in Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania. Despite the name of the township, the job should have been a quiet life with plenty of hunting and fishing for a man who is old beyond his years. A widower and former…

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The Corpse Role by Keith Nixon

By DeathBecomesHer

6 April, 2015

The Corpse Role is the latest novel from our very own contributor Keith Nixon, as the author follows up his quirky Brit grit novel The Fix with his first police procedural. The central character is DI Charlotte Granger, a tough, no-nonsense Kent police officer who…

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A Song of Shadows by John Connolly

By DavidPrestidge

5 April, 2015

Portland, Maine. PI Charlie Parker has narrowly survived a savage shotgun and pistol attack. After technically dying three times in the hours after the assault, he is now recuperating in a house in the isolated village of Boreas. Watching from a distance – and posing…

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Woman of the Dead by Bernhard Aichner

By RoughJustice

3 April, 2015

Translated by Anthea Bell — Placing the reader in a moral dilemma by asking them to empathise with a transgressive protagonist is something crime fiction has always done particularly well. As readers, we are asked to empathise with every type of criminal, from small time…

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Embryo 5: Silver Girl by JA Schneider

By DeathBecomesHer

3 April, 2015

Maybe the title of this book seems a little off-putting. Somehow, in my mind’s eye, it conjured up a mutant alien life form wreaking havoc in some place or other. How wrong can one reviewer be? As the number suggest, Silver Girl is the fifth…

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Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbo

By crimefictionlover

2 April, 2015

Translated by Neil Smith — Ever since the ambiguous ending of Police in 2013, Jo Nesbo’s fans have been waiting. Waiting, and wondering if there will be another Harry Hole thriller. The wait continues but in the meantime the Norwegian author, and flag bearer for Scandinavian…

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Thieves Fall Out by Gore Vidal

Burn Cards by Christopher Irvin

Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman

The Corpse Role by Keith Nixon

A Song of Shadows by John Connolly

Woman of the Dead by Bernhard Aichner

Embryo 5: Silver Girl by JA Schneider

Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbo

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