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Against the Law by David Gordon

By RoughJustice

31 May, 2021

This is the third Joe the Bouncer novel, following on from The Bouncer (2018) and The Hard Stuff (2019). Joe Brody is indeed a bouncer. But as well as working the door at a New York strip club Joe does a lot of things. His…

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Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

By RoughJustice

19 September, 2020

Winter Counts are pictorial histories and calendars common among some Native American tribes. For Virgil Wounded Horse, of the Lakota Nation and living on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Colorado, they represent one of the few comfortable memories of his tribal culture. He would make…

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When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

By RoughJustice

17 August, 2020

When These Mountains Burn is a rural noir crime novel set in the Appalachian Mountain communities that have been forgotten and left behind by urban America. The area has been ravaged by heroin, synthetic opioids and crystal meth. It’s a brutal, pitiless story, told in…

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How To Be Nowhere by Tim MacGabhann

By Vicki Weisfeld

29 July, 2020

Fasten your seatbelts for a fast-paced and bumpy trip through the Central America jungle – and I’m not talking about the plant life – in Tim MacGabhann’s spirited new thriller. It’s a follow up to his 2019 hit debut, Call Him Mine, which Ian Rankin…

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The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 July, 2020

Avoiding the beach this summer? Missing sand and surf? Claire Matturro’s crime thriller set on Florida’s Gulf Coast will take you there. You can soak up the atmosphere while her protagonist, Kate Garcia, gets into some mighty deep waters. Kate has a boyfriend who wants…

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Swedish crime show Before We Die returns for season 2

By crimefictionlover

25 February, 2020

Back in 2017, the Swedish crime show Before We Die made its UK debut with subtitles on Channel 4. It was a big hit with Crime Fiction Lover readers, who will be pleased to know that the intense, Stockholm-based cop show is returning to Channel…

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Passport to Death

By Vicki Weisfeld

3 February, 2020

Written by Yigal Zur, translated by Sara Kitai — This thriller, recently translated into English, begins in Tel Aviv, with former Israeli security operative Dotan Naor presented with a new case. He and his business partner have made something of a specialty of locating Israelis…

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The Boy in the Headlights by Samuel Bjork

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

15 November, 2019

Translated by Charlotte Barslund — Mia Krüger and Holger Munch are back in a much anticipated third instalment of Samuel Bjork’s riveting crime series set in Oslo, Norway. Munch headed the prestigious Special Unit in Mariboesgate for just over 10 years and managed to put…

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Against the Law by David Gordon

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

How To Be Nowhere by Tim MacGabhann

The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro

Swedish crime show Before We Die returns for season 2

Passport to Death

The Boy in the Headlights by Samuel Bjork

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