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Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason

By crimefictionlover

9 September, 2013

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Sad news for fans of Iceland’s Arnaldur Indridason. Strange Shores is the last in the series featuring Detective Erlendur. After wonderful novels like Jar City, Silence of the Grave and Hypothermia, one of the great detectives of Nordic noir is bowing…

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The Cruellest Game

By DeathBecomesHer

8 September, 2013

Written by Hilary Bonner — Former chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, ex-Fleet Street journalist Hilary Bonner has a string of fiction and non-fiction books to her name. The Cruellest Game is her 10th novel. Marian Anderton is a woman who has everything, a gorgeous…

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Salazar by Seth Lynch

By MarinaSofia

7 September, 2013

If you are looking for a dark, moody recreation of 1930s Paris, complete with dubious gangs and hard-hitting policemen, then this book is sure to appeal. Salazar is an English war veteran, traumatised by his experiences in World War I, who has chosen to set…

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The Cry by Helen FitzGerald

By LoiteringWithIntent

6 September, 2013

Helen FitzGerald is one of those authors you just can’t pigeonhole. She roves across the genres, producing works of dark comedy then wicked psychological novels, YA and sci-fi, rising to the peculiar challenges of each and producing books which are by turns, playful, vicious and…

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CIS: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie

By spriteby

5 September, 2013

Last year, we began Classics in September and it’s fair to say we included plenty of hardboiled and noir material from the 1940s and 50s. Chandler, Jim Thompson, Ross Macdonald and James M Cain all featured alongside the Top Five Women of Noir. Maybe we…

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CIS: The Labyrinth Makers by Anthony Price

By RoughJustice

4 September, 2013

With a history dating back to the mid-19th century – or even further, depending on who you ask – the crime fiction genre has seen all sorts of trends over the decades, and given birth to a dozen or more sub-genres. However, nothing beats a…

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Sacrifices

By crimefictionlover

3 September, 2013

Written by Roger Smith — Michael Lane has it better than millions of the other sorry souls in South Africa. Or so it would seem. Then one night sex with his wife Beverley is interrupted by a woman’s screams. They’re coming from the pool house on…

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Babylon by Camilla Ceder

By MarinaSofia

2 September, 2013

Readers and publishers alike are eager to discover the ‘next big thing’ in Scandinavian crime fiction. Will this story of love, jealousy and the trade in stolen cultural artefacts be what they’re looking for? Two lovers are shot dead in a flat in Gothenburg, Sweden….

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Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason

The Cruellest Game

Salazar by Seth Lynch

The Cry by Helen FitzGerald

CIS: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie

CIS: The Labyrinth Makers by Anthony Price

Sacrifices

Babylon by Camilla Ceder

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