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Epic Justice

By DavidPrestidge

13 December, 2013

Written by Wayne Epperson — The intrepid, no-nonsense Atlanta bounty hunter Frank Knott rides again. To say that the ex-marine sees things in black and white is to understate Knott’s view of the world. He probably sees black and white as far too indeterminate and…

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Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo

By crimefictionlover

11 December, 2013

Translated by Don Bartlett — Although Cockroaches is the latest Harry Hole book from Jo Nesbo to appear in English, it was actually the second one written in the original Norwegian. It fits in between The Bat and The Redbreast, if you’re a stickler for…

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Defending Elton by TJ Cooke

By MarinaSofia

10 December, 2013

November may be over, but new talent still appears regularly on our radar screens. Admittedly, Tim Cooke is not exactly an inexperienced writer. He has written many hours of TV and radio drama, including contributions to such popular British shows as The Bill, London’s Burning…

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Casting the First Stone by Frances Fyfield

By DeathBecomesHer

9 December, 2013

She’s a prolific and award-winning author loved by many, but until now the work of Frances Fyfield has almost passed me by. She has written 22 books, and Casting the First Stone is the latest. It’s a follow-on to Gold Digger, which introduced the character…

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Hot in December by Joe R Lansdale

By RoughJustice

7 December, 2013

Hot in December is the latest thriller from one of genre fiction’s most prolific and respected writers. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Lansdale has written over 40 novels as well as 28 short story collections, usually in horror or crime fiction. He…

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The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood

By MarinaSofia

6 December, 2013

Big cities are anonymous places and it’s all too easy to pass unobserved, even among neighbours. This is the theme explored by Alex Marwood in her eagerly anticipated second novel, a standalone thriller which promises to be every bit as gripping as her much-praised debut…

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Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon

By MarinaSofia

3 December, 2013

Translated by David Bellos — ‘Apparent age 32, height 169 cm…’ Thus begins the first ever Maigret novel by Simenon, published in serial form in France in 1930 and translated into English originally as Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett. Now with the title Pietr the…

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Down Among the Dead Men by Ed Chatterton

By DeathBecomesHer

1 December, 2013

He has had a long and successful career as a children’s writer under the name Martin Chatterton, but Ed Chatterton is a relative newbie to the crime fiction genre. Down Among The Dead Men is his second crime novel, and it once again features DCI…

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Epic Justice

Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo

Defending Elton by TJ Cooke

Casting the First Stone by Frances Fyfield

Hot in December by Joe R Lansdale

The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood

Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon

Down Among the Dead Men by Ed Chatterton

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