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Straight Jacket by Adrian Deans

By nagaisayonara

13 May, 2014

I’m an advocate of judging a book by its cover. When you’re walking through a bookstore, or even browsing on Amazon, a simple, intriguing cover, a good blurb and a couple of choice quotes can really make a book stand out. Straight Jacket by Adrian…

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The Scent of New Death by Mike Monson

By DavidPrestidge

12 May, 2014

Phil Gaines is not much of a man. He is scrawny. His skin is pale and hairless. He looks like an unemployed accountant. Despite his physical imperfections, he has one very important skillset. He is a very talented bank robber. Operating out of his nondescript…

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The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly

By DavidPrestidge

11 May, 2014

The village of Prosperous, Maine, is aptly named. Everyone is comfortably well-off. Folk in Prosperous look after one another, but they are remarkably tolerant, too – not always a defining characteristic of isolated Maine settlements. Just outside the village is an ancient church, dedicated to…

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Under the Channel by Gilles Pétel

By Andre

11 May, 2014

Translated by Emily Boyce and Jane Aitken — A dead body on a train is a mystery straight out of Agatha Christie and the Golden Age of crime fiction. When the murder was committed on the train’s journey through the Channel Tunnel, though, which country’s…

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Sugar Pop Moon by John Florio

By MyBookishWays

9 May, 2014

It’s 1930 and Jersey Leo, aka Snowball, is a mixed-race albino working at the Pour House, a speakeasy in Hell’s Kitchen during Prohibition. He’s described as ‘…a walking cup of coffee with a splash too much milk.’ It doesn’t matter that his boss, Jimmy McCullough,…

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The Ties That Bind by Erin Kelly

By Andre

8 May, 2014

“Brighton is a town that always looks as if it is helping police with their inquiries,” said the writer Keith Waterhouse. It’s an aphorism that chimes with Erin Kelly’s new novel about a former gangster who once ruled the Sussex coast. Joss Grand is now…

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Take One With You by Oak Anderson

By nagaisayonara

7 May, 2014

We have crime fiction set in every location on Earth, from Iceland to Ireland, Australia to Antarctica, but the one location that is rarely under the spotlight is the place we spend so much time, the place we all are now: the internet. Perhaps the…

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Invisible City by Julia Dahl

By DeathBecomesHer

6 May, 2014

Experienced New York-based crime reporter Julia Dahl has stuck firmly to what she knows for her debut novel, resulting in a well researched and highly enjoyable read which offers a unique take on an oft-travelled road. Yes, Invisible City is about a murder… in New…

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Straight Jacket by Adrian Deans

The Scent of New Death by Mike Monson

The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly

Under the Channel by Gilles Pétel

Sugar Pop Moon by John Florio

The Ties That Bind by Erin Kelly

Invisible City by Julia Dahl

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