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By MarinaSofia

22 July, 2016

Written by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Quentin Bates — Icelandic writer Ragnar Jonasson and his young detective Ari Thor had established a considerable fan base, even before Iceland’s football team amazed us with their storming performance. This is the third book published by Orenda in the…

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Cold Blood, Hot Sea by Charlene D'Avanzo

By Vicki Weisfeld

5 June, 2016

This amateur sleuth story, billed as ‘A Mara Tusconi Mystery’ introduces Mara, age 31, whose work at the Maine Oceanographic Institute (MOI) centres on the timely subject of climate change. D’Avanzo deserves credit for taking on the difficult task of making science accessible to a…

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The Corpse with the Garnet Face by Cathy Ace

By MarinaSofia

10 April, 2016

Will the Welsh Canadian writer Cathy Ace ever run out of precious stones and human body parts for her book titles? They usually go The Corpse with… [Gem Name] [Body Part] and they star the sensible middle-aged academic with a photographic memory, Cait Morgan. The Corpse with…

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Sent to the Devil by Laura Lebow

By MarinaSofia

9 April, 2016

A history buff and opera fan, Laura Lebow’s lively recreation of Mozart’s Vienna is a delightful mix of fact and fiction. The gore is kept firmly off the page, and the atmosphere of the city during its cultural heyday under Joseph II reigns uppermost, despite…

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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada

By nagaisayonara

7 October, 2015

Translated by Ross and Shika Mackenzie — Author Soji Shimada, whose groundbreaking 1981 novel has recently been translated afresh by Pushkin Press, is considered the godfather of the Shin-honkaku school of crime fiction in Japan. He inspired the New Orthodox group that aimed to return mystery fiction in…

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A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd

By Vicki Weisfeld

12 August, 2015

In book seven in the Bess Crawford mystery series, Bess works as a World War I field hospital nurse in France, 1918. Despite the well-imagined and effectively described violence of her surroundings, it this is a cosy mystery. The action begins when, on leave and…

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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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Half the World Away by Cath Staincliffe

By MarinaSofia

17 June, 2015

Gap years have become such a rite of passage for university students in the UK, that parents hardly dare to admit their dismay when their children set off to face the dangers of travelling around the world by themselves. After all, in an age of…

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Blackout

Cold Blood, Hot Sea by Charlene D'Avanzo

The Corpse with the Garnet Face by Cathy Ace

Sent to the Devil by Laura Lebow

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada

A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd

The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

Half the World Away by Cath Staincliffe

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