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The Corpse with the Crystal Skull by Cathy Ace

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

1 July, 2020

The ninth adventure in the Cait Morgan series, The Corpse with the Crystal Skull, sees the Welsh-Canadian criminology professor heading to Jamaica with her husband and friends for her 50th birthday celebrations. As you probably already know, whether it’s a small English village or an…

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Deep as Death by Katja Ivar

By Vicki Weisfeld

29 June, 2020

In this second book by Katja Ivar featuring investigator Hella Mauzer, it’s February 1953 in Helsinki, Finland, and someone believes that this cold, dark, snowy period is a propitious time to continue a nasty habit of murdering prostitutes. In the region there’s no shortage of…

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Cold Malice by Quentin Bates

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

28 June, 2020

It’s been less than two years since we’ve heard from Officer Gunnhildur Gisladottir of the Serious Crime Unit in Reykjavik. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. On average, Quentin Bates has written a novel almost annually since 2011. Considering he also translates Ragnar Jonasson and…

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Copy Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

By DeathBecomesHer

25 June, 2020

Welcome to San Francisco in the 1930s. In the midst of the Great Depression it’s seen as a place of opportunity, and Jane Hopper is determined to grasp whatever chance comes her way and hold onto it, tight. Prepare to be drawn into the decidedly…

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The End of October

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 June, 2020

Wow. Lawrence Wright must have really polished up his crystal ball before writing this medical/political thriller, released in late April. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, he has a knack for describing history and its relevance today, capturing both the big political picture and the significant…

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Rolling Thunder by AJ Devlin

By crimefictionlover

22 June, 2020

With a lurid magenta cover and a private detective who is larger-than-life, AJ Devlin’s Rolling Thunder is the right kind of contemporary pulp crime novel to read if you want to get your mind off COVID-19, Donald Trump, Brexit and all the other nonsense going…

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The Finders by Jeffrey B Burton

By DeathBecomesHer

18 June, 2020

From Rin Tin Tin and Lassie, through to Scooby Doo and Hooch, dogs have certainly played their part in fighting crime over the years. It’s time to open the pages of The Finders and meet the latest recruit, a young golden retriever called Elvira, owned…

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2019

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 June, 2020

Edited by Jonathan Lethem — The list of guest editors for this long-running series goes back to Robert B Parker in 1997. This year’s editor, Jonathan Lethem is not strictly a crime and mystery writer, but a literary novelist. Yet his entertaining 2019 book The…

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The Corpse with the Crystal Skull by Cathy Ace

Deep as Death by Katja Ivar

Cold Malice by Quentin Bates

Copy Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

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Rolling Thunder by AJ Devlin

The Finders by Jeffrey B Burton

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