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NTN: Ten top reads from Bloodhound Books

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If you’re looking to freshen up the look of your crime bookshelf, our New Talent November sponsor Bloodhound Books has just the thing. The indie publisher specialises in finding new crime authors and getting them out there for Kindle and – increasingly – in print….
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The Royal Ghost by Linda Stratmann

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Linda Stratmann is an author we’re familiar with here at Crime Fiction Lover for her Frances Doughty mysteries. The Royal Ghost is slightly different. It’s the second book in the author’s Mina Scarletti series and is set in 1870s Brighton. It features an amateur sleuth…
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Combustion

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Written by Martin J Smith — It’s some kind of progress to see the growth in the number of crime novels and television series that give hardworking male police detectives a woman boss. And, I guess it reflects even more progress that these female supervisors…
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Cold Killers

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Written by Lee Weeks — A book cover that bears the legend ‘Will an East End feud lead to murder?’ smacks of Martina Cole – and fans of that author are sure to enjoy the work of Lee Weeks. They share the same love of…
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The Voices Beyond

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Written by Johan Theorin, translated by Marlaine Delargy — Like the three previous books in Johan Theorin’s Öland Quartet, which are gothic thrillers rooted in the tradition of Nordic noir whose settings follow the passage of the seasons, the concluding book is set during a sleepy summer heat…
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Then She Was Gone

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Written by Luca Veste — Some books start with a bang, creating an unbearable tension that augurs well for what is to follow. Then She Was Gone is such a book, beginning with a nightmare scenario that would chill the blood of any parent. Tim Johnson…
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Dark Heart, Heavy Soul

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Written by Keith Nixon — Yes, the author is a contributor here on Crime Fiction Lover, but don’t worry, that doesn’t mean he gets an easy ride. Here we have his latest novel of mayhem and mishaps on the Kent coast with his creation Konstantin – a former…
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Last Light by CJ Lyons

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Some of my favourite novels are set in small town America. Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher tale, Make Me, has most of the action taking place in a tight knit community and that sense of claustrophobia plays a huge part in marking the book so gripping….
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