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Tom Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

By Paul Burke

29 June, 2022

Tom Boy is the sequel to Copy Boy, with Shelley Blanton-Stroud bringing us the further adventures of cub reporter Jane Benjamin in a tale that is lighter than her first outing. Back then, Jane got a job as a copy boy with Prospect, a San…

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Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson

By Erin Britton

27 June, 2022

Dear Little Corpses is the 10th book in Nicola Upson’s atmospheric series featuring Golden Age crime author Josephine Tey flexing her little grey cells as an amateur sleuth. While the nearest the real-life Josephine seemingly came to fighting crime was retrospectively investigating the role of…

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Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis

By DeathBecomesHer

24 June, 2022

Do former police detectives ever stop, erm, detecting? Not if Matt Ballard and Liz Haynes are anything to go by. With a dining room turned into an incident suite and an unerring nose for a mystery, this pair of sleuths wouldn’t dream of putting their…

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Lambda by David Musgrave

By Paul Burke

23 June, 2022

An outrageous and shocking terrorist act which kills more than 1400 people, mostly school children, drives this satirical sci-fi crime crossover. David Musgrave’s genre-bending novel Lambda successfully blends the hunt for the bombers and the indiscriminate, or at least unfocused, desire for retribution. By raising…

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When We Fell Apart by Soon Wiley

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 June, 2022

Where do you truly belong? In your ancestral homeland or the country where you were born? Through the eyes of two distinct characters, Soon Wiley’s debut novel examines the search for one’s true cultural identity. The driving force behind this search is the mysterious death…

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Bad for Good by Graham Bartlett

By Paul Burke

21 June, 2022

Graham Bartlett spent 30 years in the police, including a spell as Chief Superintendent in Brighton, the location of his debut novel Bad for Good. He has advised many of our favourite crime writers and TV shows on policing issues in the past including Anthony…

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Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone

By DeathBecomesHer

20 June, 2022

Fancy two nights in Lisbon? Don’t mind if I do! Sun, stunning architecture, fabulous food and drink… what’s not to like? These are all thoughts that probably run through Ariel Price’s head when her new husband John Wright invites her to join him on a…

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The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler

By Paul Burke

17 June, 2022

Translated by Alice Menzies — The key to a really good serial killer thriller is a dark foreboding atmosphere and this novel has it in abundance. When you read The Mirror Man you feel the temperature plummet. The bestselling Swedish writing duo Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril…

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Tom Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson

Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis

Lambda by David Musgrave

When We Fell Apart by Soon Wiley

Bad for Good by Graham Bartlett

Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone

The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler

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