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Fast Charlie by Victor Gischler

By Paul Burke

4 January, 2024

Originally published in 2001 as Gun Monkeys, Victor Gischler’s Edgar-shortlisted debut has been reissued as Fast Charlie by Hard Case Crime. It ties in with the film adaptation made in 2023, which uses Fast Charlie as its title and features Pierce Brosnan in the lead…

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The American Boyfriend by Ivy Ngeow

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

2 October, 2023

For Phoebe Wong, exchanging the miserable British weather for the balmy Florida Keys with her new boyfriend for a few weeks seems like the ideal vacation, even though she only met Carter 11 months ago on LinkedIn and they haven’t spent much time together. He’s…

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Interview: James Polkinghorn

By crimefictionlover

10 May, 2023

Following a career as a litigator and trial lawyer that spanned over 30 years, James Polkinghorn is turning some of his legal experience into crime fiction stories, and the Florida-based author’s debut novel, Liquid Shades of Blue, arrives next week. Inside, a lawyer turned bar…

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All the Broken Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

5 September, 2022

Award-winning TV news anchor Linda Hurtado Bond returns with her fourth novel featuring a journalist as the main protagonist. This time, it’s Marisol ‘Mari’ Alvarez, a disgraced Cuban-American crime reporter who must stay one step ahead of a serial killer while also uncovering the truth…

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After Everything You Did by Stephanie Sowden

By DeathBecomesHer

19 April, 2022

Crime fiction land is awash with whodunnits, but whydunnits are a little thinner on the ground. Time to swell those sparse ranks with this gripping and original debut novel by Manchester author Stephanie Sowden. The setting couldn’t be much further away from Sowden’s home city…

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Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb

By DeathBecomesHer

26 February, 2022

Silver sleuths are staking their claim in the world of crime fiction these days. We’ve had Elly Griffiths’ take in The Postscript Murders, then Richard Osman came out with all guns blazing to introduce The Thursday Murder Club. Now Steph Broadribb, best known for her…

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Wayward Girls by Claire Matturro and Penny Koepsel

By Vicki Weisfeld

29 August, 2021

A novel that sets out to make a political point runs the risk of straying into the polemical – less novel, more essay. That’s a fate that co-authors Claire Matturro and Penny Koepsel manage to avoid with their new crime thriller, Wayward Girls. A dedication…

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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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Fast Charlie by Victor Gischler

The American Boyfriend by Ivy Ngeow

Interview: James Polkinghorn

All the Broken Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond

After Everything You Did by Stephanie Sowden

Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb

Wayward Girls by Claire Matturro and Penny Koepsel

The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro

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