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Turf Wars by Olivier Norek

24 November, 2021

Translated by Nick Caistor — It’s been almost a year since we’ve reviewed the first of Olivier Norek’s The Lost and the Damned. The French author’s debut in English was one of our top crime fiction novels of 2020. The question is can he match…

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Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction from 20 Authors of Color

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

12 November, 2021

Edited by Abby L Vandiver — Abby L Vandiver is the bestselling author of more than 25 books and short stories and in Midnight Hour she has assembled stories by writers of colour with one common theme – the events taking place in each occurs…

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The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

10 November, 2021

Here at Crime Fiction Lover we love a clever book title, and this one is a case in point. At first glance it seems all too obvious – after all, the main protagonist, LAPD Detective Renee Ballard, is on permanent night duty, working the graveyard…

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April in Spain by John Banville

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

20 October, 2021

Until recently John Banville published his crime novels under the pseudonym Benjamin Black to separate them from his more complex fiction. According to the author, he could write a crime fiction novel in three or four months while his more literary work took up more…

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On the Radar: Something Quirke-y from John Banville

By crimefictionlover

24 September, 2021

Our unquenchable thirst for more crime novels continues here in On the Radar. This week the immensely talented literary author John Banville is back with a new Quirke novel. Previously he published them under his crime fiction nom de plume, Benjamin Black. Meanwhile, Dominic Martell…

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Heatwave by Victor Jestin

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

6 September, 2021

Translated by Sam Taylor — French author Victor Jestin’s short yet forceful debut novel is part dark coming-of-age novel, part morality tale. Set over the span of a weekend, it tells the story of a 17-year-old who witnesses another teenager dying and chooses not to…

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Killing Evil by John Nicholl

By crimefictionlover

5 September, 2021

After working for the police and in child protection, John Nicholl became a crime author and Killing Evil is his 14th psychological thriller. The difficult issues he dealt with in his previous career come to the fore and inform the story in Killing Evil. It’s…

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Hostage

By DeathBecomesHer

9 July, 2021

What a thriller! You may be rethinking those dreams of flying off on holiday again after reading Clare Mackintosh’s latest tense standalone. Mina is mother to Sophia and wife to police officer Adam, but their marital issues prompt her to volunteer as cabin crew on…

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Turf Wars by Olivier Norek

Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction from 20 Authors of Color

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

April in Spain by John Banville

On the Radar: Something Quirke-y from John Banville

Heatwave by Victor Jestin

Killing Evil by John Nicholl

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