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The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet

By DeathBecomesHer

26 August, 2025

Best known as The Secret Barrister – an author with several non-fiction books under their belt – the shadowy SJ Fleet has finally arrived on the crime fiction scene with their debut The Cut Throat Trial. It’s a compelling mix of Rumpole of the Bailey…

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A Twist of Fate by Se-Ah Jang

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

20 August, 2025

Translated by SL Park –– South Korean author Se-Ah Jang’s crime debut, A Twist of Fate, draws inspiration from classic gothic fiction. While utilising many of the genre’s tropes – family secrets, unexplained deaths, and a sinister mansion – the novel also has some unique…

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Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson

By crimefictionlover

16 July, 2025

Translated by Quentin Bates — When the Reykjavik police decide to move in on an organised crime gang, all available officers are sequestered to take part in the raid. All except two, that is. Not Rado. He’s in a tricky position. His background is Serbian,…

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Meet the author: Heidi Field

By crimefictionlover

18 June, 2025

We know you love to discover new crime authors, and Heidi Field is one to watch out for if you enjoy a good serial killer mystery. On 25 June 2025, her first novel – The Other Boy – comes out via Tule Publishing, and it…

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More than Murder by Jayne Chard

By Erin Britton

1 May, 2025

Julia Fortnam has been retired for 92 days, two hours and 35 minutes, and boredom has started to set in. In fact, it’s getting so bad that she might have to actually start writing the book she has been talking about for so long. That’s…

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The Grapevine by Kate Kemp

By DeathBecomesHer

28 April, 2025

It’s coming up to Christmas in Canberra, and young Tammy is not looking forward to the long summer holidays. She’s certain the time will drag, and even begs her teacher for a vacation project but instead is told to go and enjoy herself for a…

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Black Water Rising by Sean Watkin

By DeathBecomesHer

15 April, 2025

It has been a popular crime fiction setting for years, thanks to the likes of Luca Veste and Kevin Sampson, and Liverpool has seen something of a renaissance lately, helped by The Responder and This City is Ours on the BBC. Time to add another…

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The Department by Jacqueline Faber

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

25 February, 2025

Jacqueline Faber’s debut novel is a dark academic thriller perfect for readers who enjoyed Joanne Harris’s St Oswald trilogy or Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House and Hellbent. The story centres around the disappearance of a college student at an unnamed university in America’s South, and the…

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The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet

A Twist of Fate by Se-Ah Jang

Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson

Meet the author: Heidi Field

More than Murder by Jayne Chard

The Grapevine by Kate Kemp

Black Water Rising by Sean Watkin

The Department by Jacqueline Faber

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