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The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver

By DeathBecomesHer

7 October, 2021

Anyone who has watched the series on Amazon Prime knows Titus Welliver IS Harry Bosch, so it was a no brainer to get the actor to narrate the audiobook versions of Michael Connelly’s hugely popular novels. After all, the man could recite the ingredients panel…

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Black Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds

By Paul Burke

7 October, 2021

Following last year’s gripping Blood Red City, a contemporary financial thriller set in London’s Square Mile, British writer Rod Reynolds has returned to the setting of his earlier novels, the United States. You may remember his post war trilogy which opened with The Dark Inside…

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A Few Days Away by Tony Knighton

By Paul Burke

4 October, 2021

A Few Days Away is a hard-edged contemporary noir novel with a relentless anti-hero – a thief with no name. He is hell-bent on revenge and recovering the money that went missing after a bungled robbery that left his partner dead. It’s the second in…

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The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

By DeathBecomesHer

30 September, 2021

The man is a TV gameshow phenomenon in the UK, but questions were raised when Richard Osman announced he was writing a crime novel. Could this incomer cut the mustard? Book sales of more than a million copies since The Thursday Murder Club was published in…

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Afraid of the Shadows: An Anthology of Crime Stories

By Paul Burke

29 September, 2021

Edited by Miranda Jewess — This anthology of 19 brand new tales on the theme of Halloween comes from some of the best-loved contemporary British and Irish crime writers. It’s the third in the Afraid of the Light series and all the books have been…

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Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth

By Vicki Weisfeld

28 September, 2021

Responsibility, redemption, and squandered chances are among the themes in Paul Howarth’s second novel, which will live in your memory long after turning the last page. Just as indelible is the portrait of the Australian Outback in the late 19th century – the dust and…

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Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

23 September, 2021

From the founder and publisher of Cemetery Dance Magazine, a publication specialising in horror and suspense, comes a spine-chilling story about a serial killer terrorising a small town in the state of Maryland. A metafictional retelling of events that took place in 1988, Chasing the…

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The Summoning by JP Smith

By Vicki Weisfeld

22 September, 2021

If you like your thrillers to have just a touch of the supernatural then you’ll appreciate what author JP Smith has accomplished in his new psychological thriller, The Summoning. In the nearly 18 years since her husband died on 9/11, Manhattan resident Kit Capriol has…

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The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver

Black Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds

A Few Days Away by Tony Knighton

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

Afraid of the Shadows: An Anthology of Crime Stories

Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth

Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

The Summoning by JP Smith

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