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First look: Gunther returns in The Other Side of Silence

By DavidPrestidge

19 March, 2016

Philip Kerr’s damaged but noble German cop Bernie Gunther is back for another episode and here’s your chance for a first look at The Other Side of Silence. Gunther bestrides the 20th century. We know he fought in World War I but Kerr has kept that…

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Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 February, 2016

This is a 2016 reissue by The New York Review of Books of a Mississippi newspaperman’s best noir crime novel, originally published in 1954. Black Wings Has My Angel is a roller-coaster of a read; lightning fast and a lot of fun. At the outset,…

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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley

By MarinaSofia

3 February, 2016

If you come to this book expecting something sombre about human frailty based on Shakespeare’s line, “Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney sweepers come to dust,” then you’re in the wrong place. This book is a charming recreation of the 1950s with a…

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Cut Me In by Ed McBain

By crimefictionlover

7 January, 2016

Originally written in 1954 and released under the pseudonym Hunt Collins, this book has been rediscovered and reprinted by Hard Case Crime. The publisher has even roped in the excellent illustrator Robert McGinnis, who painted many a James Bond poster in the 1960s, and who…

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CIS: A classic revisited – The Hours Before Dawn

By Andre

28 September, 2015

At a time when domestic suspense is proving increasingly popular – from Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendell to Erin Kelly and Gillian Flynn – readers who enjoy crime that stays close to home would do well to discover the debut novel by Celia Fremlin. To…

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Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz

By Andre

13 September, 2015

Having interviewed Anthony Horowitz elsewhere and learned of his passion for the works of Ian Fleming – as well as glimpsing his collection of first editions – he seemed to me the perfect candidate to write an official James Bond continuation novel. In recent years…

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The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

By Andre

15 July, 2015

As one of the so-called queens of the Golden Age of crime fiction, Margery Allingham’s an author whose works have remained in print decades after they were first published. Her amateur sleuth Albert Campion, an affable aristocrat, appeared in 19 novels by Allingham. Following her…

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Thieves Fall Out

By crimefictionlover

30 June, 2015

Gore Vidal might be the last person you’d expect to find on the pages of a crime fiction site, but the patrician intellectual could, and did, write in almost any style and genre. In classic pulp style, he tells the tale of an American who…

Crime Fiction Lover

First look: Gunther returns in The Other Side of Silence

Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley

Cut Me In by Ed McBain

CIS: A classic revisited – The Hours Before Dawn

Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz

The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

Thieves Fall Out

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