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Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

By Vicki Weisfeld

3 March, 2023

Yes, the eponymous protagonist of Liz Nugent’s new crime mystery, Strange Sally Diamond, is strange. And for good reason. Sally lives a mile outside a small village in Ireland’s sparsely populated County Roscommon. Alone with her father since her mother died several years earlier, Sally…

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The Collector by Anne Mette Hancock

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

16 November, 2022

Translated by Tara Chase — Danish author Anne Mette Hancock is writing the kind of crime fiction that’s perfect for lovers of Nordic noir. Her debut, The Corpse Flower, was a hit in Denmark and appeared in English last year. Now investigative journalist Heloise Kaldan…

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The Narrator by KL Slater

By Vicki Weisfeld

13 October, 2022

Narrated by Clare Corbett and Cristin Atherton — This new crime thriller by KL Slater makes sly metafiction use of the audio medium as its two narrators read the story of Philippa Roberts. Roberts in turn is the best-selling author of nine novels about police…

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Truth is a Flightless Bird by Akbar Hussain

By Paul Burke

5 October, 2022

We still don’t see much authentic African crime fiction in Britain or America, less still from Kenya, so this promising debut is to be welcomed for helping to pave the way. Truth is a Flightless Bird is an intriguing mystery about the drugs trade and…

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Azabu Getaway by Michael Pronko

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 September, 2022

Murder, kidnapping, blackmail and yakuza. American author Michael Pronko’s fifth novel in the Detective Hiroshi series has all the elements of a classic police procedural with a dash of extra action to raise the blood pressure. The Tokyo resident sets the novel in the city…

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Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone

By DeathBecomesHer

20 June, 2022

Fancy two nights in Lisbon? Don’t mind if I do! Sun, stunning architecture, fabulous food and drink… what’s not to like? These are all thoughts that probably run through Ariel Price’s head when her new husband John Wright invites her to join him on a…

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The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler

By Paul Burke

17 June, 2022

Translated by Alice Menzies — The key to a really good serial killer thriller is a dark foreboding atmosphere and this novel has it in abundance. When you read The Mirror Man you feel the temperature plummet. The bestselling Swedish writing duo Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril…

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Survive to Fight by Billy Billingham and Conor Woodman

By Paul Burke

15 June, 2022

Survive to Fight: Stop at Nothing is the follow up to Billy Billingham’s successful action debut Call to Kill, which introduced Matt Mason and was set in war-torn Yemen. For his second outing the action moves to Africa. Billingham knows his stuff. He amassed 27…

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Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

The Collector by Anne Mette Hancock

The Narrator by KL Slater

Truth is a Flightless Bird by Akbar Hussain

Azabu Getaway by Michael Pronko

Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone

The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler

Survive to Fight by Billy Billingham and Conor Woodman

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