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The Killing Room

Written by Richard Montanari — Winter grips Philadelphia. Ice floes clunk in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, but Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano of  the Homicide Unit have, for once, a clean plate. Three recent cases – three suspects in custody. All seems good,…
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Alex

Written by Pierre Lemaitre — This may be his first novel translated into English, but Pierre Lemaitre is far from a newcomer to the crime fiction genre. It’s actually the second book in his Verhoeven series following Travail soigné, which won the Cognac Festival’s prize for best new…
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Black Irish

Written by Stephan Talty — The word ‘depression’ could have been coined with Buffalo, the city in northern New York state, in mind. The city haunts Black Irish like Marley’s Ghost. Its closed down, derelict buildings gather in the shadows like a group of undead hoodies. If…
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Seduction of the Innocent

Written by Max Allan Collins — As a writer of crime fiction, Max Allan Collins has many strings to his bow. The Quarry series of novels features a hardboiled antihero similar to Richard Stark’s Parker. His long running series about Chicago PI Nathan Heller is…
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Death on a Longship

Written by Marsali Taylor — Crime novels set in Shetland are very much like buses – you wait for ages, then two come along together! I had just finished Ann Cleeves’ Dead Water when Death on a Longship appeared on my Kindle screen. Could I cope…
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The Party

Written by JD Carter — Those who enjoy a subtle crime mystery, an intricate plot and a collection of sympathetic characters should look away now. On the other hand, if you want a relentless, violent and visceral  story peopled by deeply unpleasant members of the London…
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