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Nearly Nero

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Written by Loren D Estleman — This veteran Michigan-based writer has already proved himself adapt in the art of the homage with The Perils of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula and Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes. The short stories demonstrate Loren D Estleman’s commendable familiarity with the prose…
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The Quiet Man

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Written by James Carol — Every so often, book critics bemoan the ongoing interest in serial killer novels. Well, there seems no end to the public fascination with what is a particularly rare kind of criminal, especially if you can give them a new twist. That’s what James Carol…
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The Age of Olympus

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Written by Gavin Scott – Duncan Forrester, ex-Special Operations Executive agent and history scholar, returns for a second outing in Scott’s engaging historical crime series. We return to the years immediately after World War II, but the setting has moved from the comfortable lawns of Oxford as…
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The Night Visitor

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Written by Lucy Atkins — How far would you go to protect your reputation? In the academic world, where issues of plagiarism or biased research methods can make or break a career, the answer is: probably very far indeed. Just think of Andrew Wakefield’s now discredited…
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Briggs Land - State of Grace

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Written by Brian Wood, artwork by Mack Chater — We don’t often review graphic novels here on Crime Fiction Lover. Too many of them involve super powers and elements that take the plot well beyond the realm of our genre. But it’s something we’d like to…
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The Fix

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Written by David Baldacci — The third novel in the series begins with Amos Decker on his way to work one morning at the FBI in Washington, DC. Right outside, he witnesses a murder. Walter Dabney, a contractor with the FBI, shoots school teacher Anne Berkshire in the back of…
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What My Body Remembers

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Written by Agnete Friis, translated by Lindy Falk van Rooyen — Ella Nygaard’s earliest memory is becoming an orphan when her father murdered her mother. However, she is suppressing her memory of the event, and as a result suffers from PTSD, and is subject to fits. She…
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The Run-Out Groove

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Written by Andrew Cartmel — The Vinyl Detective, whose name remains a secret, returns for a second escapade. Last year’s Written in Dead Wax was an entertaining romp linking amateur sleuthing with the hunt for rare records, a format that gives the author an opportunity to mix…
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