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The Magic-Lantern Murders by Carter Dickson

By Erin Britton

27 August, 2026

There are few writers more closely associated with the impossible crime than John Dickson Carr. Writing as Carter Dickson, he introduced Sir Henry Merrivale, one of the Golden Age’s most unconventional detectives, a man capable of turning even the most bewildering murder into an opportunity…

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The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

26 August, 2026

Mexican-Canadian author Silvia Moreno-Garcia has the uncanny ability to jump effortlessly between genres. Gothic horror, fantasy adventure, historical fantasy or sci-fi, magic realism, vampire noir, crime noir, coming-of-age or historical drama, she’s done it all. With The Intrigue, she presents us with a combination of…

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A Fatal Legacy by Charlotte Vassell

By Erin Britton

25 August, 2026

All is not well at the Horatio Combe Institute in Priory Square, Camden, London. And it’s not just the mokomokai who are looking peaky. Owner/operator Digby Coombe-Watson – descendent of notorious colonial pilferer Horatio Coombe – has been murdered. And on a rug rumoured to…

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The Queen of Florida by Jeff Bercuson

By Sharon Richardson

25 August, 2026

Canadian author Jeff Bercuson’s debut, The Queen of Florida, will appeal to those who enjoy their noir gritty. June, the central character is an intriguing flawed protagonist. She is a mother who has put her nurturing side on hold and is looking to make a…

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The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims

By RoughJustice

24 August, 2026

If you spend any time in the online book community, then you may have noticed the rise of Summerween – a cultural (and retail) phenomenon where people extend the spooky season forwards into the summer. Jonathan Sims’s third novel is perfectly placed to ride that…

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The Art of Getting Hammered by Joanna Wallace

By Erin Britton

19 August, 2026

Joanna Wallace’s debut novel, You’d Look Better as a Ghost, introduced one of the most delightfully unlikely protagonists in contemporary crime fiction: Claire, an artist, a grieving daughter and an unapologetic serial killer whose moral compass points in directions all her own. It is a…

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Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher

By DeathBecomesHer

19 August, 2026

At the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival held in Harrogate last month, I was lucky enough to get time to sit down and have a good old chinwag with a man described as Australia’s king of crime writing. Meeting Garry Disher was a pleasure; he’s…

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Surviving the Lie by James Queally

By RoughJustice

19 August, 2026

For the final book in his Russell Avery trilogy, Los Angeles Times investigative journalist James Queally returns to New Jersey – the Garden State – with a story which couldn’t be more topical or timely. The series has been dubbed ‘turnpike noir’ after the famous…

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The Magic-Lantern Murders by Carter Dickson

The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A Fatal Legacy by Charlotte Vassell

The Queen of Florida by Jeff Bercuson

The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims

The Art of Getting Hammered by Joanna Wallace

Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher

Surviving the Lie by James Queally

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