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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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False Witness by Karin Slaughter

By Vicki Weisfeld

5 August, 2021

American author Karin Slaughter writes both standalone thrillers and series, and her new one, False Witness is a standalone that offers an engrossing read. “The past is never where you think you left it” reads the epigram from Katherine Anne Porter, and it’s perfect for…

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Kiss the Detective by Élmer Mendoza

By Vicki Weisfeld

21 June, 2021

Translated by Mark Fried — Sometimes called the godfather of narco-lit, Mexican author Élmer Mendoza sets his latest book in Sinaloa state and Kiss the Detective is the fourth in the Lefty Mendieta series. Mendoza has a distinctive writing style, but for those with the…

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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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Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

Kiss the Detective by Élmer Mendoza

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

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