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Van der Valk season three coming to PBS Masterpiece

18 August, 2023

Here’s one that will interest crime fiction lovers in North America. Season three of the British crime series Van der Valk is coming to PBS Masterpiece with three feature-length episodes beginning on Sunday 3 September 2023. This time around, Commissaris Piet Van der Valk of…

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The Nameless Ones by John Connolly

By RoughJustice

21 July, 2021

The 19th novel in the Charlie Parker series barely features John Connolly’s troubled detective. Instead, this story belongs to his associates Louis and Angel. Lovers, as well as partners in crime, they are a study in contrasts. Louis is black, always immaculately presented, and a…

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A Book of Bones by John Connolly

By RoughJustice

19 April, 2019

For his 17th novel in the Charlie Parker series, John Connolly has chosen to take his eponymous detective out of his usual hunting grounds in rural Maine and transported the action to Amsterdam and London. This doorstep of a novel – nearly seven hundred pages…

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Amsterdam Noir

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 January, 2019

Edited by René Appel and Josh Pachter — Fourteen of The Netherlands’ premier authors of crime and literary fiction contributed to this collection, with the editors – top-rated crime authors themselves – providing the 15th. Amsterdam Noir is the latest in Akashic Books’ long-running series…

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Agents of the State

By RoughJustice

15 February, 2017

Written by Mike Nicol — The Rainbow Nation is developing a well- deserved reputation for excellent crime fiction. Perhaps it’s not surprising since its unfortunate history provides fertile grounds for inspiration. Lauren Beukes’ brand of supernatural-tinged mystery and suspense has already achieved breakout international success. Roger Smith’s nihilistic…

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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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The Girl Who Broke the Rules by Marnie Riches

By Keith Nixon

30 October, 2015

When the dismembered corpses of sex workers begin to turn up in Amsterdam, Chief Inspector Paul van den Bergen knows he has a serious case on his hands. The bodies have all been disemboweled and the suspicion is that a ritualistic killer is at work….

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Aloysius Tempo by Jason Johnson

By DavidPrestidge

27 July, 2015

Aloysius Tempo was brought up hard. His mother, uncertain of which side of the Irish political divide his father came from, abandoned him a few days after his birth. She left him beside a stream, his cradle a plastic beer crate. From that inauspicious entry…

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Van der Valk season three coming to PBS Masterpiece

The Nameless Ones by John Connolly

A Book of Bones by John Connolly

Amsterdam Noir

Agents of the State

The Corpse with the Garnet Face by Cathy Ace

The Girl Who Broke the Rules by Marnie Riches

Aloysius Tempo by Jason Johnson

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