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Gideon Resurrection by Grant Rosenberg

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 November, 2023

Grant Rosenberg’s new crime thriller, second in a trilogy, is the very definition of a book opening in medias res – in the middle of things or, as my writing coach used to say, ‘pot already boiling.’ You are not at a disadvantage if you…

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Past Lying by Val McDermid

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 November, 2023

Publication of a new police procedural featuring Val McDermid’s intrepid Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is something to get excited about. The streets of Edinburgh have never been so ominous – or empty – as when this story takes place in April 2020, at the…

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Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany

By Erin Britton

7 November, 2023

Vicki Delany’s Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas offers a welcome return to the charmingly festive yet murder-stricken town of Rudolph, New York, where Christmas spirit runs high and malice simmers beneath the surface. The sixth instalment in the Year-Round Christmas Mystery series, it’s a…

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The Sixth Lie by Sarah Ward

By DeathBecomesHer

6 November, 2023

Settings can be familiar, like an old friend, but there’s an extra frisson thrown into the mix when a book is rooted in a place that’s unknown. Doesn’t matter whether the location is exotic or more run of the mill, if the author knows their…

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The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

By Erin Britton

25 October, 2023

It’s early December 2022 and the Fairway Players are rehearsing for their latest command performance: a one-night-only production of Jack and the Beanstalk in aid of the local church’s roof repair fund. The parts have been cast, the props procured and the set staged, and…

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The Exploit by Daniel Scanlan

By Paul Burke

25 October, 2023

There’s plenty to ponder and the stakes couldn’t be higher in this explosive cyber crime thriller. Following on from The Hacker, The Exploit is the second outing for FBI Special Agent Ericka Blackwood and once again she’s pitted against her Dark Web nemesis, Dantalion. Dantalion…

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This is How We End Things by RJ Jacobs

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

23 October, 2023

The Breakfast Club meets The Secret History in mystery author RJ Jacobs’ new dark academia thriller. This is How We End Things, like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, takes place on an American college campus. In this case, it’s the fictional Hampden College in Shepard,…

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Nowhere to Hide by Max Luther

By Paul Burke

17 October, 2023

The lone wolf has an irresistible pull for some crime fiction lovers. In action thrillers like this, the protagonist can be as unconventional as the author likes, which means this is an area where the genre is free to grow and develop. It feels like…

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Gideon Resurrection by Grant Rosenberg

Past Lying by Val McDermid

Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas by Vicki Delany

The Sixth Lie by Sarah Ward

The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

The Exploit by Daniel Scanlan

This is How We End Things by RJ Jacobs

Nowhere to Hide by Max Luther

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