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The Damned Lovely by Adam Frost

By Paul Burke

16 August, 2022

This contemporary noir novel takes a few pages to settle into, even if you’re familiar with the Cali hardboiled lingo it’s not easy to follow but persevere and it’s well worth it. Adam Frost has a distinctive voice, his narrator is a fascinating character and…

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Movieland by Lee Goldberg

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

5 August, 2022

American author Lee Goldberg returns with his fourth Eve Ronin novel, which he loosely bases on chilling series of real-life killings that took place in Malibu, California in 2018. Research scientist Tristan Beaudette was shot dead while camping in Malibu Creek State Park with his…

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The doctor will see you now... Mark Edwards

By DeathBecomesHer

12 July, 2022

There’s a life-sized cardboard cutout in view in the latest of Dr Jacky Collins’ The Doctor Will See You Now video interviews – and no, we’re not talking about Mark Edwards, author of No Place to Run, which is out now. The cutout is female,…

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Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

9 June, 2022

In this digital age, how secure is our personal data? In her first crime novel, Kathy Wang takes inspiration from her own experience as well as real-life stories about data breaches and industrial espionage in the tech sector. In Impostor Syndrome, she has created a…

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Harry Bosch returns in Bosch: Legacy – full preview

By crimefictionlover

15 April, 2022

Harry Bosch, Maddie Bosch and Honey Chandler return to our screens on 6 May in Bosch: Legacy, a spinoff that continues on from Amazon Prime Video‘s seven-season series, revealing a different side to each of these key characters. Premiering free on Freevee via Prime Video,…

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Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

By RoughJustice

29 March, 2022

Set in San Francisco’s Bay Area, Under Lock and Skeleton Key is the first book in a new series of cosies called the Secret Staircase Mysteries from San Francisco-based author, Gigi Pandian. She has previously won both the Agatha and Anthony awards, and is known…

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The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 February, 2022

In The Goodbye Coast, author Joe Ide abandons his popular crime-solver Isaiah Quintabe in favour of a 21st century private investigator: Philip Marlowe. Yes, really! Raymond Chandler’s definitive detective has been reinvented by Ide and he’s working on two compelling missing persons cases at once….

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The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

10 November, 2021

Here at Crime Fiction Lover we love a clever book title, and this one is a case in point. At first glance it seems all too obvious – after all, the main protagonist, LAPD Detective Renee Ballard, is on permanent night duty, working the graveyard…

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The Damned Lovely by Adam Frost

Movieland by Lee Goldberg

The doctor will see you now... Mark Edwards

Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang

Harry Bosch returns in Bosch: Legacy – full preview

Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

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