Historical crime fiction

The Texas Job by Reavis Z Wortham

By Paul Burke

10 February, 2022

The Gunfight at the OK Corral and High Noon come to mind in this ‘lawman’s gotta do what a lawman’s gotta do’ narrative. A reckoning is brewing, a showdown in the style of a classic western. Only The Texas Job by Reavis Z Wortham takes…

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Vienna Blood season two begins on PBS Masterpiece via Prime Video

By crimefictionlover

19 January, 2022

Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt and psychoanalyst Dr Max Liebermann resume their crime-solving collaboration in season two of Vienna Blood, which is available to stream in the US via PBS Masterpiece on Prime Video. Based on the popular Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis, this is a fascinating…

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Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray

By DeathBecomesHer

13 January, 2022

It’s 1919. The guns of the Great War are silent and everything is getting back to normal after four years of absolute hell. Or is it? Well no, not really. In the battlefields of northern France volunteers are working their way through the brutalised and…

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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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The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee

By Paul Burke

1 December, 2021

The fifth Wyndham and Banerjee mystery is a delight to read because author Abir Mukherjee is such a wonderful storyteller. It’s a narrative that’s easy to get lost in. The 1920s colonial India setting is rich and colourful but also ripe with all the best…

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The Crystal Crypt by Fiona Veitch Smith

By Erin Britton

22 November, 2021

The Crystal Crypt marks the sixth investigative outing for reporter and amateur sleuth Poppy Denby. It’s a story that sees the sins of the past come back to haunt her, with former friends and foes resurfacing to destabilise her professional life at just the same…

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Appointment in Tehran by James Stejskal

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 November, 2021

If you remember the 1979 crisis when radical Iranian students seized the US embassy in Tehran and took more than 50 Americans hostage, you’ll read James Stejskal’s riveting new thriller with an increasing sense of foreboding. That’s especially if you also recall that the US…

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Five Decembers by James Kestrel

By RoughJustice

11 November, 2021

Hawaii, late November 1941, and the United States will soon be drawn in to World War II when Japan bombs the fleet at Pearl Harbour. Police detective Joe McGrady has just finished his shift and is winding down in a bar, contemplating a weekend with…

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The Texas Job by Reavis Z Wortham

Vienna Blood season two begins on PBS Masterpiece via Prime Video

Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray

The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville audiobook

The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee

The Crystal Crypt by Fiona Veitch Smith

Appointment in Tehran by James Stejskal

Five Decembers by James Kestrel

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