Historical crime fiction

Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth

By Vicki Weisfeld

28 September, 2021

Responsibility, redemption, and squandered chances are among the themes in Paul Howarth’s second novel, which will live in your memory long after turning the last page. Just as indelible is the portrait of the Australian Outback in the late 19th century – the dust and…

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Tokyo Redux by David Peace

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

3 August, 2021

It’s been almost 12 years since Occupied City, the second instalment in David Peace’s Tokyo trilogy, was published. For fans of this ambitious author it’s been a long wait, but in Tokyo Redux Peace delivers a humdinger which, according to the author, was in part…

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Edge of the Grave

By crimefictionlover

13 April, 2021

Scottish comic book writer Robbie Morrison makes a fine debut in the world of crime fiction with a 1930s mystery set in dark and dirty Glasgow. When the solicitor Charles Geddes is pulled from the Clyde with his throat slit, his widow insists that police…

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Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth

By Paul Burke

2 April, 2021

When Bad Penny Blues was published in 2009, it became a cult classic, the kind of novel other writers refer to as a landmark. If you’ve not yet discovered it this new edition, with an introduction by Greil Marcus and insightful afterword by the author,…

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A Prince and a Spy by Rory Clements

By Catherine Turnbull

10 March, 2021

At the centre of the intrigue in each of Rory Clements’ World War II espionage novels sit true historical events. Cambridge history professor Tom Wilde’s task is to step in and save the world from the iron glove of Nazi tyranny. One false move and…

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Under the Bridge by Jack Byrne

By DeathBecomesHer

8 March, 2021

A debut crime novel with a title echoing that of a Red Hot Chilli Peppers song. Must be set in Los Angeles, then? Nope, put all thoughts of the US aside, because this Under the Bridge refers to a part of Garston, a run down…

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Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison

By crimefictionlover

5 March, 2021

Glasgow has a hard reputation, as anyone who has been ‘kissed’ by one of its residents will tell you. The city and its denizens are at the heart of Edge of the Grave, the debut crime novel by Robbie Morrison. With a background writing comics…

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Interview: Robbie Morrison

By crimefictionlover

24 February, 2021

If you read comic books and graphic novels, the name Robbie Morrison might be familiar to you. Over the last 20 years, he has been prolific for 2000AD, writing stories for Judge Dredd, Shakara, Nikolai Dante and more. However, with the publication of Edge of…

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Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth

Tokyo Redux by David Peace

Edge of the Grave

Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth

A Prince and a Spy by Rory Clements

Under the Bridge by Jack Byrne

Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison

Interview: Robbie Morrison

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