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The Star of Istanbul by Robert Olen Butler

By Andre

23 May, 2015

James Bond has had plenty of literary rivals, none of whom have quite measured up to the British spy, but Christopher Marlowe ‘Kit’ Cobb just might. The war correspondent turned Secret Service agent is American and he’s from an earlier era (this novel is set…

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And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley

By DavidPrestidge

23 May, 2015

New York PI Leonid Trotter McGill has a chaotic personal life. His wife is lying in a care home, broken and depressed as a result of years of mutual betrayal and infidelity. His brother is serving a life term in an Indiania prison. His son…

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You Are Dead by Peter James

By DeathBecomesHer

21 May, 2015

Earlier this year, Peter James was voted Best Crime Writer of All Time by followers of the WH Smith blog, taking the title by a landslide. His hugely popular Roy Grace detective novels have sold over 16 million copies worldwide and been translated into 36 languages, while a couple of…

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The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor

By Andre

21 May, 2015

Already a triple winner of the CWA Historical Dagger, Andrew Taylor has been nominated once again for his latest book and must be a strong contender for the 2015 prize, which is presented on 30 June. The Silent Boy, a menacing and powerfully atmospheric novel…

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The Killing Lessons by Saul Black

By nagaisayonara

20 May, 2015

With the strapline ‘Stalk. Kidnap. Kill. Repeat.’ you can probably guess that Saul Black’s debut crime novel is a serial killer thriller. In The Killing Lessons, three stories are interwoven, linked by a pair of sadistic serial muderers known for leaving cryptic items inside the…

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The Slaughterman by Tony Parsons

By DavidPrestidge

18 May, 2015

London copper Max Wolfe first appeared last year in The Murder Bag. Now he returns to track a sadistic killer who has butchered four members of a wealthy family, and kidnapped their youngest child. The family thought themselves secure in their upmarket gated estate, but their…

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Ruins of War by John A Connell

By DavidPrestidge

17 May, 2015

This is a crime debut for John A Connell, a Paris-based author. Once a cameraman, he has worked both in Hollwood and for the small screen. Ruins of War features a former cop – Mason Collins – who is working as a criminal investigator with…

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The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

By Andre

15 May, 2015

Britain’s Golden Age of detective fiction produced some of the greatest and most enduring crime writers, including Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Dorothy L Sayers. “The crime novel, like the world itself, is ruled by the English,” said Bertolt Brecht during this period. For readers…

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The Star of Istanbul by Robert Olen Butler

And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley

You Are Dead by Peter James

The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor

The Killing Lessons by Saul Black

The Slaughterman by Tony Parsons

Ruins of War by John A Connell

The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

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