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NTN: The Murder of Patience Brooke by JC Briggs

By spriteby

30 November, 2014

Jean Briggs first came up with the idea for her Dickens and Jones series back in 2012, during the celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Dickens wrote numerous articles on the police during his lifetime, and created two detectives…

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NTN: The Axeman’s Jazz by Ray Celestin

By Andre

28 November, 2014

Thirty years after Jack the Ripper stalked London’s foggy streets, a jazz-loving serial killer terrorised New Orleans. Between May 1918 and October 1919, eight people were murdered by the shadowy killer, who attacked his victims with their own chopper. The Axeman was never caught and,…

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NTN: Until the Debt is Paid

By Raven

27 November, 2014

Written by Alexander Hartung, translated by Steve Anderson — Until the Debt is Paid was Alexander Hartung’s second novel in German, and the first to feature his Berlin detective Jan Tommen. After a weekend of hard drinking, Tommen wakes up with the mother of all…

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Death Sentences edited by Otto Penzler

By Andre

26 November, 2014

While crime fiction may be the biggest seller by genre, the dedicated crime bookshop has become an endangered species. In his introduction to this excellent anthology, Ian Rankin recalls his US book tours of the late 80s, a time when many American towns were home…

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NTN: Hellbound: The Tally Man by David McCaffrey

By crimefictionlover

26 November, 2014

Britain’s Next Bestseller, with its crowd-backed approach, is making a bold statement on today’s publishing scene. They’re publishing the books people want to read, and it’s refreshing to see that those who backed author David McCaffrey want something a bit different. By day this author…

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NTN: The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

By MyBookishWays

24 November, 2014

The Life We Bury is Allen Eskens’ first novel, but you’d really never know it, from prose that approaches the poetic, to the carefully constructed mystery within. It’s only been a month since 21-year-old Joe Talbert left his Austin, Minnesota home to start college at…

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NTN: The Last Projector by David James Keaton

By RoughJustice

23 November, 2014

American indie publisher Broken River Books has received a good deal of critical acclaim for the books it has published over the last couple of years, building up an impressive backlist featuring some of the best of the new wave of crime fiction writers like…

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The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Rampo

By nagaisayonara

22 November, 2014

Translated by William Varteresian — Edogawa Rampo was the pen name of Taro Hirai, a Japanese author active from 1923 until his death in 1965. He is known as the father of Japanese detective fiction and his work – particularly his early writing – proved that…

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NTN: The Murder of Patience Brooke by JC Briggs

NTN: The Axeman’s Jazz by Ray Celestin

NTN: Until the Debt is Paid

Death Sentences edited by Otto Penzler

NTN: Hellbound: The Tally Man by David McCaffrey

NTN: The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

NTN: The Last Projector by David James Keaton

The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Rampo

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