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Keep It in the Family by John Marrs

By Vicki Weisfeld

31 October, 2022

When John Marrs titled his new crime thriller Keep It in the Family, he meant something much darker than grandma’s chicken pot pie recipe or granddad’s precious World War II medals. When Mia and Finn buy a new fixer-upper of a house in Bedfordshire, they’re…

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The Lover by Helene Flood

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

5 July, 2022

Translated by Alison McCullough — Rikke and Jørgen are lovers. They are also neighbours, which makes for a perfectly comfortable and convenient arrangement. That is, until Jørgen is discovered in his study with his throat slit. Not only might their relationship be exposed, but Rikke…

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Sundial by Catriona Ward

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 March, 2022

At first glance, Catriona Ward’s new novel ticks all the boxes for standard domestic noir, but it has more to it than that. In a perfect suburban California setting lives a couple with two lovely young daughters, but of course things are not as they seem…

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The Village by Caroline Mitchell

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

25 January, 2022

A creepy village, a missing family and a curious crime journalist – they’re all part of the package in former police detective Caroline Mitchell’s latest domestic thriller. In January 2011, the Harper family mysteriously disappeared into thin air from their home in the small village…

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The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 January, 2022

Narrated by Caroline Lennon — Northern Ireland writer Stuart Neville’s domestic noir thriller creeps into your consciousness bit by bit until it becomes an irresistible story of women dominated and abused by the men in their lives. Sara Keane and her rather new husband Damien…

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Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

By Paul Burke

16 September, 2021

Translated by Quentin Bates — Multi-award winning Icelandic author and playwright Lilja Sigardardóttir really grabbed our attention with her Reykjavik Noir trilogy. Snare, Trap and Cage are perfectly encapsulated noir stories about ordinary people caught up in the underbelly of Icelandic society. Yet when you…

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A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

By Paul Burke

1 September, 2021

Paula Hawkins’ debut, The Girl on the Train, with its truly inspired creation, damaged narrator Rachel, was always going to be a tough act to follow. Perhaps it was inevitable that her second novel, Into the Water, would struggle to meet high expectations. So with…

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The Heights by Louise Candlish

By DeathBecomesHer

19 August, 2021

A full cast of hugely relatable characters populate The Heights, Louise Candlish’s latest standalone psychological thriller, but the main one, the mover and shaker at the heart of all that transpires, is the whimsically named Ellen Saint. Wife, mother, businesswoman, as we meet Ellen she…

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Keep It in the Family by John Marrs

The Lover by Helene Flood

Sundial by Catriona Ward

The Village by Caroline Mitchell

The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville audiobook

Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

The Heights by Louise Candlish

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