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The Dead Can’t Make a Living by Ed Lin

By Sharon Richardson

20 April, 2026

Ed Lin’s The Dead Can’t Make a Living is the fifth book in his Taipei Night Market Series, serving up an interesting mix of cosy mystery, arm chair travel and social commentary along with a good measure of Taiwanese cuisine. This time around protagonist Jing-nan…

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Phantom Pass by André M Louw

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

18 April, 2026

South African author André M Louw makes a notable entrance to the crime genre with a debut that balances fully fleshed-out characters with a breakneck pace. The story commences with the discovery of Mark Whitcombe, a prominent 67-year-old retired lawyer whose mutilated corpse is found…

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The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary

By DeathBecomesHer

15 April, 2026

Sarah Hilary’s heady mix of razor-sharp characterisation and 4K-ready sense of place have stood her in good stead since 2014, when she debuted with Someone Else’s Skin and in the process introduced London-based DI Marnie Rome to crime fiction lovers. We reviewed that first novel…

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Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 April, 2026

Mike Nicol’s last book, Hammerman – A Walking Shadow, concluded a five-book series featuring the surfing private investigator Fish Pescado and lawyer Vicki Kahn. With his latest novel, the South African author starts afresh and introduces a police officer as his protagonist. However, this is…

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The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice by David Cairns

By Erin Britton

12 April, 2026

The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice takes a pivotal event from US history – the assassination of Abraham Lincoln – and reimagines it as fertile ground for mystery, doubt and moral uncertainty. In so doing, David Cairns delivers a novel that is as much about…

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Airing in a Closed Carriage by Joseph Shearing

By Erin Britton

10 April, 2026

First published in 1943 under the pseudonym Joseph Shearing, Marjorie Bowen’s Airing in a Closed Carriage combines historical fiction, psychological examination and crime writing. Now part of the British Library Crime Classics series, it is a quietly unsettling exploration of suspicion, cruelty and the suffocating…

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Based on a True Story by Sarah Vaughan

By Sharon Richardson

9 April, 2026

Based on a True Story is Sarah Vaughan’s sixth book. Her previous psychological thrillers, Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation, dealt with themes of power and privilege. Little Disasters explored the challenges of motherhood and the complexity of relationships. Based on a True Story is…

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Appointment in Paris by Jane Thynne

By Chris Connor

7 April, 2026

Jane Thynne is best known for her series of novels following Clara Vine, an Anglo-German actress working for British intelligence during World War II. She started a new series in 2024 with Midnight in Vienna, which followed cast-out spy Harry Fox and Stella Fry, fresh…

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The Dead Can’t Make a Living by Ed Lin

Phantom Pass by André M Louw

The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary

Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol

The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice by David Cairns

Airing in a Closed Carriage by Joseph Shearing

Based on a True Story by Sarah Vaughan

Appointment in Paris by Jane Thynne

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