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Not Dark Yet by Peter Robinson

By Catherine Turnbull

13 May, 2021

DCI Alan Banks may have been off the telly for five years, but the books that spawned the police procedural series about the Yorkshire-based detective keep coming. Not Dark Yet is the 27th novel Peter Robinson has written for fans of this stubborn officer. Banks,…

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Bound by Vanda Symon

By DeathBecomesHer

12 May, 2021

Bound is the fourth in Vanda Symon’s series set in New Zealand and featuring police detective Sam Shephard. We’ve previously reviewed Overkill and The Ringmaster on the site but if, like me, you’re a newbie to this author’s writing then Bound is not too bad…

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Geiger by Gustaf Skordeman

By RoughJustice

11 May, 2021

Translated by Ian Giles — It is summer in one of Stockholm’s most exclusive suburban neighbourhoods, and an idyllic family gathering is coming to an end. Three generations of the Broman family have spent a lovely day together at the patriarchal home. In his heyday,…

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The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

6 May, 2021

Translated by Alexandra Fleming — In 1959, the whole population of a mining village in Norrland, Sweden, disappeared. Only two people were left behind – the body of a woman stoned to death in the village square and a baby in the school classroom. No-one…

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A Certain Man's Daughter by Timothy J Lockhart

By Paul Burke

6 May, 2021

Stark House Press does a grand job bringing classic American pulp novels to a new audience and occasionally publishes contemporary tales that catch the spirit of those mid-20th century originals. Timothy J Lockhart’s A Certain Man’s Daughter, the title drawn from a poem, is in…

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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

3 May, 2021

Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett — Crime fiction devotees wedded to gritty reality may have trouble with the premise of this book or be put off by its link to the horror genre. Don’t be. It starts with a crime, the kind of irresponsible daredevilry four young…

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The Measure of Time by Gianrico Carofiglio

By Vicki Weisfeld

27 April, 2021

Translated by Howard Curtis — Guido Guerrieri is a lawyer of middle years who practices in Bari, on Italy’s Adriatic coast. In this, Gianrico Carofiglio’s sixth legal thriller featuring Guerrieri, a case with uncomfortable links to the protagonist’s past finds its way to his door….

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Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

By DeathBecomesHer

26 April, 2021

Any ‘best of’ list of creepiest love songs worth its salt is sure to include Every Breath You Take, the stalkerfest made famous by The Police back in 1983, when it reached number one in six countries including the US and the UK. With lines…

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Not Dark Yet by Peter Robinson

Bound by Vanda Symon

Geiger by Gustaf Skordeman

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

A Certain Man's Daughter by Timothy J Lockhart

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones audiobook

The Measure of Time by Gianrico Carofiglio

Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

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