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Exposure by Ramona Emerson

By Vicki Weisfeld

3 October, 2024

Second in Ramona Emerson’s planned trilogy about Navajo crime photographer Rita Todacheene, Exposure takes you on an intense ridealong with Rita, who uses her camera to meticulously and unflinchingly document the most gruesome crime scenes. You can think that the images themselves suggest clues to…

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Will End in Fire by Nicole Bokat

By DeathBecomesHer

30 September, 2024

Guilt, whether earned or simply perceived, is a rich vein that runs through Nicole Bokat‘s Will End in Fire – and it will have you second-guessing its central character, Ellie, from the get-go. Mind you, Ellie has plenty of second-guessing of her own to do…

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Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 September, 2024

Although author Lauren Ling Brown is at pains to make clear that her new thriller Society of Lies doesn’t reflect either real characters or social groups at Princeton University, where she did her undergraduate work, she does a nice job recreating much of the local…

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Writing the Murder edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V Hirst

By Paul Burke

24 September, 2024

Ever wanted to write crime fiction or at least to understand how good crime fiction works? Perhaps explore the reasons why we love it so much? Writing the Murder: Essays in Crafting Crime Fiction aims to provide insight into the art of the murder mystery…

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We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

By Erin Britton

23 September, 2024

While the intrepid members of the Thursday Murder Club are presumably busy with their investigations (and forthcoming Netflix film), Richard Osman introduces an eclectic new team of sleuths in the aptly named We Solve Murders. The spread of ages might be quite different this time…

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Ocean Drive by Sam Wiebe

By Sharon Richardson

17 September, 2024

Canadian author Sam Wiebe is a master of gritty noir, and Ocean Drive hit the bestsellers list in British Columbia before it launched in Canada earlier this year. This will be no surprise to anyone who’s read the Dave Wakeland series. Ocean Drive is a…

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The Alaska Sanders Affair by Joël Dicker

By Vicki Weisfeld

16 September, 2024

Translated by Robert Bonnono — There’s one feature of Swiss thriller author Joël Dicker’s new book, The Alaska Sanders Affair, that everyone can agree on: it’s very long. 532 pages in the version I read. After that, opinions are likely to differ. The story itself,…

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Living is a Problem by Doug Johnstone

By Sharon Richardson

13 September, 2024

In the sixth book in this popular series by Doug Johnstone, the Skelf women hope to make a fresh start after the trauma of the previous book, The Opposite of Lonely. In Living is a Problem, they want a positive future, but perhaps not everyone…

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Exposure by Ramona Emerson

Will End in Fire by Nicole Bokat

Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown

Writing the Murder edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V Hirst

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Ocean Drive by Sam Wiebe

The Alaska Sanders Affair by Joël Dicker

Living is a Problem by Doug Johnstone

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