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The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 December, 2025

Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles — Fans of Nordic noir will be on the look out for The Living and the Dead by Swedish criminologist and author Christoffer Carlsson. Following on from Under the Storm and Blaze me a sun, it won Best Swedish Crime Novel…

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Blackwater by Sarah Sultoon

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

19 December, 2025

Blackwater marks the third appearance of intrepid news reporter Jonny Murphy, who first appeared in Dirt. He’s the creation of international news journalist Sarah Sultoon, who writes what she knows. Murphy’s latest investigation takes him 50 miles from London to Blackwater Island, on the fictional…

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The Writing in the Water by John Ajvide Lindqvist

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

18 December, 2025

Translated by Michael Meigs — Most people associate Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist with horror, but he’s finally taken a leap into the world of crime fiction. Our only question is: why didn’t he do it sooner? The writing in the Water is the first…

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Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason

By Vicki Weisfeld

16 December, 2025

A fun read for the snowy season is former detective constable Emma Mason’s debut mystery, Murder Most Haunted. When self-effacing DS Midge McGowan retires from her years with the Thames Valley Police property office, she receives an unexpected parting gift: a haunted Christmas weekend at…

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Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand

By Erin Britton

15 December, 2025

A debut back in 1941, Christianna Brand’s Death in High Heels opens with the light, breezy tone of a comedy set in the world of retail fashion. Something akin to Are You Being Served? or Mr Selfridge perhaps. However, beneath its witty surface lies a…

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Survive the Christmas Drive by Krystal Powers

By Erin Britton

12 December, 2025

Krystal Powers’s Survive the Christmas Drive is a holiday-set thriller built on a simple but effective premise: a young couple on a long holiday drive, a brutal Midwestern blizzard and a group of escaped killers somewhere out on the same icy roads. It’s a self-contained,…

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My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi

By Erin Britton

11 December, 2025

Translated by Louise Heal Kawai — Masateru Konishi’s My Grandfather, the Master Detective arrives in English translation with a lot of buzz: it’s a Japanese bestseller, winner of the This Mystery is Amazing! prize and positioned as a gentle, puzzle-focused crime novel in the vein…

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The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 December, 2025

Translated by Philip Roughton — The topography, geography and meteorology of Iceland are never far out of mind in Arnaldur Indridason’s crime stories. His most recent to be published in English, The Quiet Mother, is a police procedural. It’s the third novel featuring Indridason’s detective,…

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The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson

Blackwater by Sarah Sultoon

The Writing in the Water by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason

Survive the Christmas Drive by Krystal Powers

My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi

The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason

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