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A Good Day to Die by Amen Alonge

By Paul Burke

16 February, 2022

The man with no name returns to the London’s streets after 10 years away and bodies start dropping here in Amen Alonge’s debut novel, A Good Day to Die. This action laden thriller is populated with fascinating characters and the best of them is the…

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The Interview by CM Ewan

By crimefictionlover

15 February, 2022

Job interviews are a nightmare, aren’t they? The last one I attended started off just fine, even though it was scheduled for 5pm on a Friday. Everything was going OK but then the recruitment expert asking the questions started to get very passive-aggressive with his…

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Five Days Missing by Caroline Corcoran

By DeathBecomesHer

14 February, 2022

Romilly has just given birth to her first child, a baby girl. Time for her and husband Marc to celebrate. But when he arrives at her room in a hospital not far from their home in the north west of England, cute yellow helium balloon…

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The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran

By RoughJustice

13 February, 2022

For her eighth novel, American author Sara Gran has chosen to self-publish under her own imprint, Dreamland Books. It’s a brave move for an established author, but the quality of her writing coupled with her experience in book retail gives her a great chance of…

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The Texas Job by Reavis Z Wortham

By Paul Burke

10 February, 2022

The Gunfight at the OK Corral and High Noon come to mind in this ‘lawman’s gotta do what a lawman’s gotta do’ narrative. A reckoning is brewing, a showdown in the style of a classic western. Only The Texas Job by Reavis Z Wortham takes…

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Cold by Mariko Tamaki

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

9 February, 2022

We don’t often review young adult crime fiction, but Cold by Canadian comic book writer Mariko Tamaki is a good place to make an exception. Inventive and innovative in its narrative style, this is the kind of YA novel that will convince you that nobody…

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The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

By DeathBecomesHer

3 February, 2022

CFL double award winner Elly Griffiths had written a book a year about forensic archeologist Dr Ruth Galloway for the past 13 years. When 2020 came around, she was in a quandary – should she include the COVID-19 pandemic or leave it out altogether? In…

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The Runaway by Nick Petrie

By Vicki Weisfeld

3 February, 2022

Fans of award-winning author Nick Petrie’s high-octane action adventures won’t be disappointed in his latest, seventh in the series. The Runaway again features knight-errant Peter Ash, a US Marine no longer serving in the military who, over the course of these thrillers, is gradually learning…

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A Good Day to Die by Amen Alonge

The Interview by CM Ewan

Five Days Missing by Caroline Corcoran

The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran

The Texas Job by Reavis Z Wortham

Cold by Mariko Tamaki

The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

The Runaway by Nick Petrie

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