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Unforgiving

By DavidPrestidge

18 September, 2015

Written by Nick Oldham — Detective Superintendent Henry Christie returns in another episode of his career fighting outlaws on England’s wild North-West frontier in Lancashire, including Blackpool, Preston and the surrounding areas. Unforgiving is a police procedural, but if that bestows any sense of dryness,…

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The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes by Lawrence Block

By crimefictionlover

15 September, 2015

You know what you’re in for within the first few pages with this pulp detective story set in Florida. Block begins the book with his main character, Doak Miller, performing anal sex with the estate agent who’s recently sold him a house in Gallatin County….

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The Drowning Ground by James Marrison

By Keith Nixon

15 September, 2015

When the body of a local farmer is found on the peak of a hill with a pitchfork rammed through his neck Detective Chief Inspector Guillermo Downes is called in. The deceased is Frank Hurst and well known to Downes. Ten years previously Downes investigated…

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Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz

By Andre

13 September, 2015

Having interviewed Anthony Horowitz elsewhere and learned of his passion for the works of Ian Fleming – as well as glimpsing his collection of first editions – he seemed to me the perfect candidate to write an official James Bond continuation novel. In recent years…

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With Our Blessing by Jo Spain

By DeathBecomesHer

13 September, 2015

Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, and the abuse that occurred inside them, has been well documented over recent years. Now it serves the background for the debut novel by journalist Jo Spain. It is a subject close to the author’s heart as her father was born in…

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Preserve the Dead by Brian McGilloway

By Keith Nixon

9 September, 2015

Detective Sergeant Lucy Black of the Derry police force leads a full and complex life. Her father is suffering the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and has been badly beaten by another inmate at the secure unit he’s currently in. But before she can complain…

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The Pale House by Luke McCallin

By DavidPrestidge

8 September, 2015

It’s early spring, 1945, and the German army and its allies is being squeezed on all sides. British and American armies are pushing ever deeper into France, the Red Army is grinding closer towards Berlin, and in the Balkans, the Partisans are set to liberate…

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Every Night I Dream of Hell by Malcolm Mackay

By DavidPrestidge

7 September, 2015

Glasgow crime novels seem to be two a penny these days, but this one is different. Firstly, the city is a kind of mute spectator to the events. Apart from one or two brief references to streets and districts, there is a welcome absence of…

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Unforgiving

The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes by Lawrence Block

The Drowning Ground by James Marrison

Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz

With Our Blessing by Jo Spain

Preserve the Dead by Brian McGilloway

The Pale House by Luke McCallin

Every Night I Dream of Hell by Malcolm Mackay

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