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Undercover by Gerard Brennan

By Keith Nixon

28 September, 2014

Lydia Gallagher is the agent for star footballer Rory Cullen, recently transferred for a record fee from Chelsea to Manchester United. She and her family are over in Belfast, Cullen’s home town, following the release of his controversial autobiography. But her husband John and 12-year-old-son…

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The Boy That Never Was by Karen Perry

By Jeremy Megraw

28 September, 2014

Harry and Robyn are a young Irish couple who, together with their toddler son Dillon, enjoy a perfectly care free life in Tangiers. They live in the moment, concerned mainly with capturing the beauty of the Moroccan sunset on canvas. They share their existence with…

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The Corpse with the Platinum Hair by Cathy Ace

By MarinaSofia

27 September, 2014

Canadian crime fiction writers are having their well-deserved moment in the sun just before the long winter sets in. Louise Penny, Peter Robinson and Linwood Barclay are merely the best known of a very diverse and entertaining group of crime writers. Not all of the…

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Martini Regrets by Phyllis Smallman

By DeathBecomesHer

27 September, 2014

Her CV might describe her as owner of the Sunset Bar in Jacaranda, Florida, but in truth Sherri Travis is a woman who has made a career out of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Martini Nights is Sherri’s sixth appearance, and…

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The Suicide by Mark SaFranko

By nagaisayonara

25 September, 2014

Transgender people don’t usually get an easy ride in crime fiction. Sometimes they are the psychopaths, as in Silence of the Lambs, and in other cases they are quirky bit-part players who end up dead. That’s not to say there aren’t crime fiction novels with fully-realised transgender…

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The Iron Sickle by Martin Limon

By RoughJustice

23 September, 2014

Martin Limon served his country for 20 years, and over the course of nine novels (including this one) and one short story collection has chronicled the experiences of the 8th US Army in South Korea following the war there. Crucial to the series’ success has…

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Personal by Lee Child

By DavidPrestidge

22 September, 2014

Jack Reacher, once a major in the US Military Police and now a drifter, is on a bus. That it is not unusual for Reacher. He doesn’t own a car or carry a suitcase, and when his clothes wear out he just buys new ones….

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Crossing the Line by Frédérique Molay

By DeathBecomesHer

21 September, 2014

Translated by Anne Trager — If your tastes tend towards the gory and you enjoy your crime set in a foreign clime, then this could be the book for you. Molay is the holder of a slew of international crime fiction awards and has been…

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Undercover by Gerard Brennan

The Boy That Never Was by Karen Perry

The Corpse with the Platinum Hair by Cathy Ace

Martini Regrets by Phyllis Smallman

The Suicide by Mark SaFranko

The Iron Sickle by Martin Limon

Personal by Lee Child

Crossing the Line by Frédérique Molay

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