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Movieland by Lee Goldberg

5 August, 2022

American author Lee Goldberg returns with his fourth Eve Ronin novel, which he loosely bases on chilling series of real-life killings that took place in Malibu, California in 2018. Research scientist Tristan Beaudette was shot dead while camping in Malibu Creek State Park with his…

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DeathBecomesHer: Top five books of 2021

By DeathBecomesHer

17 December, 2021

It’s been a year with some stranger-than-fiction moments, hasn’t it? Just as well we crime readers have our imaginary worlds to fall back on — and thanks to the hard-working authors for supplying such a wealth of material! Looking back over 2021, I was struck…

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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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On the Radar: The dark hours are coming...

By crimefictionlover

29 October, 2021

…or perhaps they’re here, as we wish everyone a happy Halloween and round up the latest crime releases, beginning with a much anticipated novel by Michael Connelly. Yes, Harry Bosch returns as a private detective in The Dark Hours, and he’ll be working with Connelly’s…

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The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver

By DeathBecomesHer

7 October, 2021

Anyone who has watched the series on Amazon Prime knows Titus Welliver IS Harry Bosch, so it was a no brainer to get the actor to narrate the audiobook versions of Michael Connelly’s hugely popular novels. After all, the man could recite the ingredients panel…

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IMDb TV, home to the new Bosch spinoff, launches in the UK

By DeathBecomesHer

30 September, 2021

IMDb TV, Amazon’s new premium free streaming service, launched in the UK earlier this week. It will be home to a back catalogue of movies and TV shows – and a number of IMDb TV originals, including the upcoming Bosch spinoff which is currently filming…

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Crime in the Heat by Catherine Moloney

By DeathBecomesHer

2 May, 2020

Crime double acts, we all love ’em, from Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to, in more recent times, Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw and Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard. It’s that meeting of minds, yin and yang that creates such…

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The Night Fire

By DeathBecomesHer

20 January, 2020

Michael Connelly’s second Bosch and Ballard book really cements the partnership which tentatively began in Dark Sacred Night. The pair work together on an unsolved case which appears to have haunted Bosch’s old mentor, John Jack Thompson – so much so, that after he dies,…

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Movieland by Lee Goldberg

DeathBecomesHer: Top five books of 2021

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

On the Radar: The dark hours are coming...

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver

IMDb TV, home to the new Bosch spinoff, launches in the UK

Crime in the Heat by Catherine Moloney

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