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The Next to Die by Elliot Sweeney

By DeathBecomesHer

9 February, 2023

If you are a fan of gritty, urban thrillers it’s time to add crime fiction debutant Elliot Sweeney to the reading list, because The Next to Die could be right up your litter-strewn street. Meet Dylan Kaspernick, a former Met police officer who has fallen…

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Crimeucopia – We'll Be Right Back – After This!

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 February, 2023

When you’re not in the mood to tackle a whole novel, reading a short story or two, or 12, can fill the bill. This new Crimeucopia collection from Murderous Ink Press titled We’ll Be Right Back – After This! is a good one to keep…

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The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis

By crimefictionlover

6 February, 2023

Infamous for his 1991 novel American Psycho, which pushed psychopathic depravity to new literary depths, Bret Easton Ellis is a controversial author whose work has inspired, or at least informed, a generation of crime novelists – particularly those writing about serial killers. He hasn’t touched…

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The Greenleaf Murders by RJ Koreto

By Vicki Weisfeld

1 February, 2023

The sense of place is so strong in some crime novels that their setting – London, Paris, St Mary Mead – practically becomes one of the characters. In RJ Koreto’s new mystery, The Greenleaf Murders, a Manhattan Gilded Age mansion takes on that role. It’s…

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Damascus Station by David McCloskey

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 January, 2023

Fans of realistic spy fiction will enjoy David McCloskey’s debut thriller Damascus Station, newly available in paperback in the UK. I listened to the audio version narrated by Andrew B Wehrlen and found it an utterly engaging tale. The story, in the early days of…

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The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

By DeathBecomesHer

25 January, 2023

Long-running crime series are like an addiction. Once you’ve started with book one, if the author is skilled enough to get you on the hook, it’s impossible to say no to books two, three, four and so on. Sadly, after a while some writers take…

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The Bone Records by Rich Zahradnik

By Vicki Weisfeld

25 January, 2023

What’s most fun about Rich Zahradnik’s new crime thriller set in Brooklyn is the peek into worlds most of us haven’t experienced first hand. It tells the story of Grigoriy ‘Grigg’ Orlov, a young man who washed out of the police academy when a racist…

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Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow

By RoughJustice

24 January, 2023

Set in Birmingham in 1933, Needless Alley explores provincial England between the wars from a working class and queer perspective. It’s a debut novel for Natalie Marlow, a Warwickshire-based author whose passion is for stories from the past, and the book is named after a…

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The Next to Die by Elliot Sweeney

Crimeucopia – We'll Be Right Back – After This!

The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis

The Greenleaf Murders by RJ Koreto

Damascus Station by David McCloskey

The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

The Bone Records by Rich Zahradnik

Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow

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