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Adrift by Will Dean

By Sharon Richardson

28 February, 2026

Will Dean is a British author based in Sweden known for his Tuva Moodyson novels which began with Dark Pines and carry the Nordic noir traits of his setting. However, in between novels in this series, he has been exploring the wider world through standalone…

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A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

20 February, 2026

Drawing on 17 years in the Arctic working as a criminal lawyer, Canadian author Malcolm Kempt has set his debut novel in the region. A Gift Before Dying follows Sergeant Elderick Cole, a disgraced cop exiled to the rugged landscape of Cape Dorset, Nunavut. This…

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The Whispering Bones by Andrew Lowe

By Chris Connor

18 February, 2026

No stranger to crime and detective fiction with the Jake Sawyer series, author Andrew Lowe now brings us a compelling new duo who couldn’t be more different. The procedural mystery The Whispering Bones introduces DCI Oswald Lennox and PC Olivia Blackwood, two Met officers at…

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What Happened That Night by Nicci French

By DeathBecomesHer

13 February, 2026

Husband and wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French are probably best known for their series of books featuring psychotherapist Frieda Klein, but in recent years they’ve been gradually building up a new collection, with DI Maud O’Connor as the strangely not-quite-central character. Maud…

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An Enigma by the Sea by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini

By Paul Burke

13 February, 2026

Translated by Gregory Dowling — A lot of Italian crime fiction in English is dark, mafia-related or snowbound. Manzini, Carlotto, de Cataldo and Roberto Saviano spring to mind. The Fruttero and Lucentini novels are different, lighter, witty, slightly eccentric and colourful but no less steeped…

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Spies and Other Gods by James Wolff

By RoughJustice

11 February, 2026

Recent years have seen a renaissance of fiction set in the murky world of espionage. No doubt the continued success of Mick Herron, both in print and on Apple TV, has played no small part in this. David McCloskey’s series of action-packed thrillers regularly hits…

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A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford

By Sharon Richardson

10 February, 2026

A Bad, Bad Place by debut author Frances Crawford is an absorbing character-driven novel exploring how a crime can impact even those not directly involved. More specifically, witnesses and those living near the scene. They may be able to provide information that could help the…

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The Hope by Paul E Hardisty

By Sharon Richardson

4 February, 2026

The Hope concludes Canadian author Paul E Hardisty’s The Forcing trilogy of speculative eco-thrillers and as such follows on from the The Forcing and The Descent, which we’ve reviewed here on Crime Fiction Lover. In this new, dystopian episode he introduces a third generation of…

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Adrift by Will Dean

A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt

The Whispering Bones by Andrew Lowe

What Happened That Night by Nicci French

An Enigma by the Sea by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini

Spies and Other Gods by James Wolff

A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford

The Hope by Paul E Hardisty

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