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You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

By Erin Britton

22 September, 2023

Recent years have truly witnessed the rise of the female serial killer. Literarily speaking, anyway. From How to Kill Men and Get Away With It to My Sister the Serial Killer, How to Kill Your Family to Bad Men, women are finally breaking through the…

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The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

By Paul Burke

27 July, 2023

They say that history has been largely told by men, but over the past few years crime writers have been throwing light on a hidden past, where women have the starring roles on both sides of the law. The Housekeepers by Alex Hay is an…

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Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

5 July, 2023

Seven women. A man’s head. Who swung the axe that killed Jamie Spellman? Rose Wilding’s debut novel is about the anger of women who are not heard and what happens when they take justice into their own hands. It’s 31 December 1999, the eve of…

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A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

By Erin Britton

22 June, 2023

Nilima Rao’s debut novel, A Disappearance in Fiji, is a historical mystery that sheds light on the devastating consequences of a British colonial policy that is little discussed today. In so doing, she presents a very different image of Fiji from the tropical paradise and…

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An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb by Louise Wolhuter

By DeathBecomesHer

14 June, 2023

Small towns, with their insular attitudes and tight-lipped inhabitants, are a rich hunting ground for crime fiction authors – think City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita, Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth or any Miss Marple mystery. You know the drill… stranger arrives in town, crime…

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Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston

By Erin Britton

24 May, 2023

Horace Manning is a sinister madman. He is also a scientific genius. This combination of characteristics provides an indication of danger from the outset of Billie Houston’s Twice Round the Clock, although surprisingly, despite an atmosphere of evil hanging around him like a fog of…

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Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou

By Paul Burke

19 May, 2023

Sister of Mine is a psychological thriller that explores the relationship between Hattie and Penny Grayson – sisters whose bond will be tested to the limit by the threat of having their deepest, darkest secret exposed. This is Petrou’s debut novel, first published by No…

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Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

By RoughJustice

1 May, 2023

Subtitled A Sister Holiday Mystery, Scorched Grace is all about the crime-solving queer punk nun, Holiday Walsh. Originally from New York, she has found herself after a series of personal disasters as the music teacher at New Orleans’ Saint Sebastien’s Catholic School. Her chaotic life…

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You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding

A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb by Louise Wolhuter

Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston

Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou

Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

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