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The Missing by CL Taylor

By MarinaSofia

13 April, 2016

CL Taylor is becoming an important voice in the growing sub-genre of domestic noir. Last year, The Lie rocked the Amazon charts, and was one of our Recommended books. It looked at female relationships, and a woman who had changed her identity entirely. The Missing tackles…

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A gazetteer of British crime: The South West

By DavidPrestidge

30 September, 2015

So far, our gazetteer of British crime has covered Scotland and East Anglia, where we’ve met interesting authors and seen – a little bit at least – how the landforms, history and local culture have influenced them. In our third instalment, we head to another…

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I Let You Go

By crimefictionlover

30 June, 2015

This excellent debut is not the work of a novice writer, but of an experienced and established journalist. A clever combination of police procedural and psychologocal thriller, it begins with a scene that will chill every parent’s soul to its core. One momentary lapse of…

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The best things about CrimeFest 2015

By crimefictionlover

17 May, 2015

With its ancient port, the city of Bristol in the West of England used to welcome merchants from all around the world. They came to trade trinkets, wool, corn and cotton and even people. Those days are long gone, but this weekend the city was inviting…

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I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

By DeathBecomesHer

14 May, 2015

I Let You Go might be Clare Mackintosh‘s crime debut, but as a journalist she is an established writer. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Sainsbury’s Magazine, Good Housekeeping and WI Life. If you’re into suburban or kitchen sink noir, this sounds like a very…

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Heartman by MP Wright

By DavidPrestidge

25 June, 2014

There is a deep irony from the outset in the setting of this book. We are in the wintry and snow covered English city of Bristol. It is 1964. Two centuries earlier, Bristol was one of the main European ports exporting African slaves to the…

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The Book of You by Claire Kendal

By DeathBecomesHer

13 April, 2014

This is one of the most anticipated releases of the year so far, and to trail the release HarperCollins sent out slightly creepy little items to reviewers including a strange black rose. So I was itching to get inside its pages. But be careful what…

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The Chosen Dead

By DeathBecomesHer

26 January, 2013

Written by MR Hall — Every so often, I’m lucky enough to read a book which pulls me in so tightly that I don’t want it to end – the sort of book where you find yourself slowing on the last few pages, just to…

Crime Fiction Lover

The Missing by CL Taylor

A gazetteer of British crime: The South West

I Let You Go

The best things about CrimeFest 2015

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

Heartman by MP Wright

The Book of You by Claire Kendal

The Chosen Dead

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