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The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason

11 August, 2021

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Iceland is a country of enigmas – which could be why crime novels from the country are so popular with crime fiction lovers. Icelandic authors seem to capture those enigmas, and the nuances that surround them, with a subtle sense…

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Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 August, 2021

Authors are often told to make the setting of their novel like another character, and certainly the books that nail the sounds, smells, look and feel of a place add to the realism of a story. This debut crime novel involving two quasi-amateur detectives takes…

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Under the Bridge by Jack Byrne

By DeathBecomesHer

8 March, 2021

A debut crime novel with a title echoing that of a Red Hot Chilli Peppers song. Must be set in Los Angeles, then? Nope, put all thoughts of the US aside, because this Under the Bridge refers to a part of Garston, a run down…

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The Survivors by Jane Harper

By Vicki Weisfeld

21 January, 2021

Jane Harper’s latest crime mystery, now out in hardcover, revisits the perils of small-town life so expertly deconstructed in The Dry and The Lost Man. The setting this time is coastal Tasmania and a village called Evelyn Bay. The Survivors is the title of a…

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New Jersey Noir: Cape May by William Baer

By Vicki Weisfeld

19 January, 2021

This is the second of William Baer’s novels featuring private investigator Jack Colt of Paterson, New Jersey. Going by the title, you might assume this is part of Akashic Books’ short story series that includes Milwaukee Noir or Amsterdam Noir. In fact, Akashic published a…

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Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 January, 2021

Debut author Julie Carrick Dalton deserves praise for making concerns about important social issues – climate change and immigration – an integral part of her new novel. It isn’t always easy to do that without turning a book into a lecture or consciousness-raising exercise. In…

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Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar

By DeathBecomesHer

13 January, 2021

Kate Aitken left New York under a cloud, heading to California and a new start. In the Big Apple she was a journalist, caught up in the buzz and excitement of the vibrant city; now in the little coastal town of Callinas she is living…

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Forgiving Stephen Redmond by AJ Sidransky

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 January, 2021

In 2008, workmen tearing down a clutch of derelict Washington Heights rowhouses make a grim discovery. Behind the plaster of an upstairs bedroom is the body of a man sitting in a chair, wearing a hat. To the dismay of the demolition foreman, NYPD detectives…

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The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason

Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

Under the Bridge by Jack Byrne

The Survivors by Jane Harper

New Jersey Noir: Cape May by William Baer

Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar

Forgiving Stephen Redmond by AJ Sidransky

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