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The Deepening Shade by Jake Hickson

By RoughJustice

9 January, 2015

Written by Jake Hinkson — This book collects many of Hinkson’s short fiction written over the last 20 years – stories that originally appeared in print and online in publications such as Beat to a Pulp, Crime Factory and Fires on the Plain. Previously I have raved about…

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City of Liars and Thieves by Eve Carlin

By DeathBecomesHer

7 January, 2015

Anyone who has visited New York is bound to be dazzled by its towering skyscrapers, bright lights and reputation as ‘the city that never sleeps’, but beneath a French bistro in SoHo lies a remnant of the city’s dark past. Visitors to the eatery often…

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All In, All Out by Steve Myers

By nagaisayonara

6 January, 2015

Clocking in at just under a hundred pages, All In, All Out is just the right size to be read in one sitting, and that’s the way it should be read. This fast-paced, twisted little pulp novella packs a punch that’s best absorbed in one…

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Tell No Tales by Eva Dolan

By crimefictionlover

6 January, 2015

Dead men tell no tales. CSI’s Gus Grissom would probably take issue with that old adage, but for Peterborough detectives Dushan Zigic and Mel Ferreira it’s quite a problem. Just when they think they’ve got a suspect or witness to break open their investigation, the…

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A Journal of Sin by Darryl Donaghue

By DavidPrestidge

5 January, 2015

After a major storm devastates the country, the village of Sunbury finds itself cut off by floodwater and fallen trees. There is no electricity, and no mobile phone masts have survived. As the villagers come out and try to pick up the pieces they find…

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Payton Edgar's Agony by MJT Seal

By DavidPrestidge

4 January, 2015

London, 1962. Payton Edgar is the restaurant critic of the London Evening Clarion. He is also an insufferable snob. Add to that his vanity, sharp tongue and vague air of misanthropy, and you have one of the least appealing amateur detectives of recent times. When…

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Southsiders by Nigel Bird

By Keith Nixon

4 January, 2015

Ray Spalding lives in a violent marriage. His wife Paula has anger management issues. One day it becomes too much and Ray leaves Paula, his home in Southside, Edinburgh, and his 12-year-old son Jesse. He heads to Belfast to start over, using his brother Cliff’s…

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The Pallampur Predicament by Brian Stoddart

By DavidPrestidge

1 January, 2015

Christian Le Fanu is a Superintendent with the Madras Police. Unlike many other junior army officers, he survived World War I, and in particular the savage battle against the Turks at Shaiba in 1915. There, Le Fanu commanded Indian soldiers and was inspired by their…

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The Deepening Shade by Jake Hickson

City of Liars and Thieves by Eve Carlin

All In, All Out by Steve Myers

Tell No Tales by Eva Dolan

A Journal of Sin by Darryl Donaghue

Payton Edgar's Agony by MJT Seal

Southsiders by Nigel Bird

The Pallampur Predicament by Brian Stoddart

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