Historical crime fiction

First look: Stasi Child

2 July, 2015

How do you like the look of this debut novel by David Young, due out 1 October? Stasi Child is set to be the first ebook from Twenty7 books, a new imprint focusing on crime, and Crime Fiction Lover brings you the exclusive cover reveal. Inside,…

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Plague Land by SD Sykes

By Keith Nixon

1 July, 2015

The year is 1350 and 17-year-old Oswald de Lacy is the new Lord of Somershill Manor in Kent. The youngest of four siblings he was never meant to inherit, packed off at seven to a monastery to become a monk. But that was before the…

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London Rain by Nicola Upton

By DeathBecomesHer

22 June, 2015

If you like your detective fiction with a pin-sharp historical setting, then Nicola Upson is the author for you. Her series of novels features real-life Golden Age writer Josephine Tey as a detective, and Upson’s attention to detail is jaw-dropping in its thoroughness. Suffolk-born Upson read…

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The French Detective by O'Neil De Noux

By Vicki Weisfeld

15 June, 2015

A jambalaya of factors go into your enjoyment of a crime novel, and this one is definitely a flavourful mix. Author O’Neil De Noux has selected a time and place ripe for drama. New Orleans is consistently intriguing on many levels, most particularly for its…

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The Dead Assassin by Vaughn Entwistle

By RoughJustice

14 June, 2015

It may be 15 months since Titan Books published The Revenant of Thraxton Hall, the first of the paranormal casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but in Vaughn Enwistle’s Victorian literary universe, only a few short weeks have passed. Doyle is spending most of his free…

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The Star of Istanbul by Robert Olen Butler

By Andre

23 May, 2015

James Bond has had plenty of literary rivals, none of whom have quite measured up to the British spy, but Christopher Marlowe ‘Kit’ Cobb just might. The war correspondent turned Secret Service agent is American and he’s from an earlier era (this novel is set…

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The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor

By Andre

21 May, 2015

Already a triple winner of the CWA Historical Dagger, Andrew Taylor has been nominated once again for his latest book and must be a strong contender for the 2015 prize, which is presented on 30 June. The Silent Boy, a menacing and powerfully atmospheric novel…

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Ruins of War by John A Connell

By DavidPrestidge

17 May, 2015

This is a crime debut for John A Connell, a Paris-based author. Once a cameraman, he has worked both in Hollwood and for the small screen. Ruins of War features a former cop – Mason Collins – who is working as a criminal investigator with…

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First look: Stasi Child

Plague Land by SD Sykes

London Rain by Nicola Upton

The French Detective by O'Neil De Noux

The Dead Assassin by Vaughn Entwistle

The Star of Istanbul by Robert Olen Butler

The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor

Ruins of War by John A Connell

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