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The Greenleaf Murders by RJ Koreto

By Vicki Weisfeld

1 February, 2023

The sense of place is so strong in some crime novels that their setting – London, Paris, St Mary Mead – practically becomes one of the characters. In RJ Koreto’s new mystery, The Greenleaf Murders, a Manhattan Gilded Age mansion takes on that role. It’s…

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Damascus Station by David McCloskey

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 January, 2023

Fans of realistic spy fiction will enjoy David McCloskey’s debut thriller Damascus Station, newly available in paperback in the UK. I listened to the audio version narrated by Andrew B Wehrlen and found it an utterly engaging tale. The story, in the early days of…

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The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

By DeathBecomesHer

25 January, 2023

Long-running crime series are like an addiction. Once you’ve started with book one, if the author is skilled enough to get you on the hook, it’s impossible to say no to books two, three, four and so on. Sadly, after a while some writers take…

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The Bone Records by Rich Zahradnik

By Vicki Weisfeld

25 January, 2023

What’s most fun about Rich Zahradnik’s new crime thriller set in Brooklyn is the peek into worlds most of us haven’t experienced first hand. It tells the story of Grigoriy ‘Grigg’ Orlov, a young man who washed out of the police academy when a racist…

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Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow

By RoughJustice

24 January, 2023

Set in Birmingham in 1933, Needless Alley explores provincial England between the wars from a working class and queer perspective. It’s a debut novel for Natalie Marlow, a Warwickshire-based author whose passion is for stories from the past, and the book is named after a…

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The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz

By DeathBecomesHer

23 January, 2023

There’s a balancing act to be performed while reading the House at the End of the World. You may need to keep a dictionary at hand to fathom out some of the little-used words that this author sprinkles liberally through his prose – but on…

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Trouble by Katja Ivar

By crimefictionlover

23 January, 2023

Following Evil Things and Deep as Death, Trouble is the third novel in Katja Ivar’s series about the Finnish detective Hella Mauzer. Set in Helsinki in 1953, it’s a procedural with hints of a Nordic noir atmosphere to it, a touch of espionage as the…

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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

By Erin Britton

19 January, 2023

Long-buried truth meets long-awaited fiction with deadly consequences in The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, the third fiendishly complex novel by Janice Hallett. Having skewered the venerable pastimes of amateur dramatics and children’s literature in her previous books, this time round Hallett focuses her…

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The Greenleaf Murders by RJ Koreto

Damascus Station by David McCloskey

The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

The Bone Records by Rich Zahradnik

Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow

The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz

Trouble by Katja Ivar

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

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