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Six Mile Store by AM Belsey

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 April, 2026

Six Mile Store, the engaging debut crime novella by AM Belsey, is narrated mostly by a young woman in her early 20s named Honey. The story at first appears to be almost a picaresque, as she colourfully describes her encounters with the customers of the…

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The Long Dark by Andrew Raymond

By Chris Connor

24 April, 2026

The likes of Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina have become household names and figureheads for Scottish crime fiction. One of the latest to join this crew is Andrew Raymond, whose DCI John Lomond series, set in Glasgow, has built a dedicated readership, which…

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The Lost Women by Tim Weaver

By DeathBecomesHer

22 April, 2026

A tiny, continuously-shifting island off the coast of Cornwall has a huge part to play in Tim Weaver’s latest David Raker book, the 15th in the series to feature the former journalist turned seeker of the lost – published almost 16 years to the day…

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The Dead Can’t Make a Living by Ed Lin

By Sharon Richardson

20 April, 2026

Ed Lin’s The Dead Can’t Make a Living is the fifth book in his Taipei Night Market Series, serving up an interesting mix of cosy mystery, arm chair travel and social commentary along with a good measure of Taiwanese cuisine. This time around protagonist Jing-nan…

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Phantom Pass by André M Louw

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

18 April, 2026

South African author André M Louw makes a notable entrance to the crime genre with a debut that balances fully fleshed-out characters with a breakneck pace. The story commences with the discovery of Mark Whitcombe, a prominent 67-year-old retired lawyer whose mutilated corpse is found…

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The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary

By DeathBecomesHer

15 April, 2026

Sarah Hilary’s heady mix of razor-sharp characterisation and 4K-ready sense of place have stood her in good stead since 2014, when she debuted with Someone Else’s Skin and in the process introduced London-based DI Marnie Rome to crime fiction lovers. We reviewed that first novel…

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Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 April, 2026

Mike Nicol’s last book, Hammerman – A Walking Shadow, concluded a five-book series featuring the surfing private investigator Fish Pescado and lawyer Vicki Kahn. With his latest novel, the South African author starts afresh and introduces a police officer as his protagonist. However, this is…

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The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice by David Cairns

By Erin Britton

12 April, 2026

The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice takes a pivotal event from US history – the assassination of Abraham Lincoln – and reimagines it as fertile ground for mystery, doubt and moral uncertainty. In so doing, David Cairns delivers a novel that is as much about…

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Six Mile Store by AM Belsey

The Long Dark by Andrew Raymond

The Lost Women by Tim Weaver

The Dead Can’t Make a Living by Ed Lin

Phantom Pass by André M Louw

The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary

Falls the Shadow by Mike Nicol

The Case of the Hydegild Sacrifice by David Cairns

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