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Read and rated – we review the latest and best mysteries, psychological thrillers, Nordic noir, pulp, cosy crime fiction, historical and suspense novels… and plenty more here on Crime Fiction Lover.

The Spider in the Corner of the Room by Nikki Owen

By DavidPrestidge

4 June, 2015

Written by a Dublin-born author who now lives in Gloucestershire, this debut novel is the first in the planned Project trilogy. The action begins inside a British women’s prison. By any standard Dr Maria Martinez is just a little bit different. First, she is a…

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If Jack Had by Steven Rapport

By Keith Nixon

3 June, 2015

Jack holds down two jobs. By day he’s a journalist at the New York Times and outside of hours Jack is a paid assassin for the Russian mob. From an early age Jack knew he was different to others around him. His realisation dawned when…

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Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 June, 2015

Narrated by Gerard Doyle — One of the reasons I looked forward to listening to the audio version of this excellent police procedural was having heard Gerard Doyle’s version of Adrian McKinty’s first Sean Duffy book, The Cold Cold Ground. Like that earlier book, Gun…

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22 Dead Little Bodies by Stuart MacBride

By Keith Nixon

1 June, 2015

Stuart MacBride’s Aberdeen detective Logan McRae isn’t a stranger here on the pages of Crime Fiction Lover. We’ve previously reviewed Shatter the Bones and Close to the Bone. Normally, however, he appears in books that are 400, 500 or 600 pages in length. In January,…

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The Devil in the Clock by Harry Shannon

By DavidPrestidge

31 May, 2015

Mick Callahan has an attitude problem, a drinking problem, and he doesn’t suffer fools gladly. When younger, the tendency to use his fists as debating tools saw him thrown off the Navy SEAL training course. It brought about a very sudden and violent end to…

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Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson

By MarinaSofia

31 May, 2015

Translated by Quentin Bates — What expectations do you find yourself harbouring when you pick up a Scandinavian crime novel? Nordic noir is the term that comes to mind. Cold, dark winters, sombre landscapes, a lonely male detective and a plot throbbing with despair and…

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A Shadowed Livery by Charlie Garratt

By DavidPrestidge

30 May, 2015

Autumn, 1938. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who is the MP for Edgebaston in Birmingham, has just returned from Munich clutching a piece of paper which, he proclaims, promises peace in our time. Meanwhile, in another part of Birmingham, Detective Inspector James Given watches, ashen faced,…

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The Albino's Treasure by Stuart Douglas

By RoughJustice

29 May, 2015

The year is 1896 and Holmes and Watson are again sharing rooms at Baker Street. The pair are woken up in the night by Inspector Lestrade. A portrait of Lord Salisbury in the National Gallery has been vandalised and the culprit, a member of the…

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The Spider in the Corner of the Room by Nikki Owen

If Jack Had by Steven Rapport

Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty audiobook

22 Dead Little Bodies by Stuart MacBride

The Devil in the Clock by Harry Shannon

Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson

A Shadowed Livery by Charlie Garratt

The Albino's Treasure by Stuart Douglas

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