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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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Chasing the Game by Paul Gadsby

By DavidPrestidge

6 May, 2014

London. 1966. The capital was preparing itself for the greatest sporting event in England since the Games of the XIVth Olympiad – the Austerity Games of 1948. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association had awarded the World Cup competition to England in 1960, despite rival…

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The Axeman of Storyville by Heath Lowrence

By RoughJustice

5 May, 2014

Now here is a book with some pedigree. In her top five crime novels of 2011, Eva Dolan (aka LoiteringWithIntent) picked as number five The Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles, a collection of stories about two US Marshals. Number 4 in that list…

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Someone Else's Skin by Sarah Hilary

By DeathBecomesHer

5 May, 2014

What is it with angling? The thought of sitting on a riverbank all day in the hope of catching a fish on a hook, reeling it in slowly, then playing with it until you’ve tired it out leaves me cold. But after reading Someone Else’s…

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Phone Call from Hell and other Tales of the Damned by Jonathan Woods

By RoughJustice

4 May, 2014

Phone Call from Hell is the latest release from New Pulp Press and follows the author’s short story collection Bad Juju and his novel A Death in Mexico. The publisher has also been making its name by releasing Roger Smith’s dark South African crime novels…

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The Murder Bag by Tony Parsons

By MarinaSofia

4 May, 2014

Crime fiction has become the destination genre of choice for writers who have been successful writing other kinds of fiction. JK Rowling, John Banville and Isabel Allende are just a few of the big names who have tried their hand at crime fiction writing in…

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Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

By RoughJustice

3 May, 2014

Charlaine Harris is known as the writer of the Southern Vampire Mysteries which is the basis of the popular TV series True Blood. And the promotional material that came through with Midnight Crossroad does suggest that there is a supernatural element to the mystery. So,…

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Invisible City by Julia Dahl

Chasing the Game by Paul Gadsby

The Axeman of Storyville by Heath Lowrence

Someone Else's Skin by Sarah Hilary

Phone Call from Hell and other Tales of the Damned by Jonathan Woods

The Murder Bag by Tony Parsons

Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

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