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Good Neighbours by Sarah Langan

By RoughJustice

6 July, 2021

Maple Street, in New York State’s Garden City, is a solid middle-class neighbourhood. It benefits from facing Sterling Park which, as estate agents will tell you, is a safe area for the neighbourhood kids to play. The parents are professionals and have aspirations for their…

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The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

6 May, 2021

Translated by Alexandra Fleming — In 1959, the whole population of a mining village in Norrland, Sweden, disappeared. Only two people were left behind – the body of a woman stoned to death in the village square and a baby in the school classroom. No-one…

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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

3 May, 2021

Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett — Crime fiction devotees wedded to gritty reality may have trouble with the premise of this book or be put off by its link to the horror genre. Don’t be. It starts with a crime, the kind of irresponsible daredevilry four young…

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Later by Stephen King

By RoughJustice

7 April, 2021

Once every few years, Stephen King publishes a paperback original through Hard Case Crime, such as Joyland and The Colorado Kid. He has written a number of thrillers recently as well, including the Mr Mercedes series. King, being King, these thrillers are at least horror…

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Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo

By RoughJustice

18 February, 2021

Lauren Medina is a mess, but just how much of a mess this 25 year old Chicago homicide detective is will only be revealed as the novel unfolds. We first meet her at Lake Humboldt Park, where a crime has taken place. It’s quickly established…

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Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

By DeathBecomesHer

17 July, 2020

When the advance reader copy of a new book arrives in a fake VHS case, accompanied by a press release written on what looks like an old Blockbuster Video poster – remember them? – it’s enough to pique the interest of even the most jaded…

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First look: The video nasty Harrow Lake

By crimefictionlover

18 May, 2020

Here’s a nice little bit of pre-release marketing that came through from Penguin Random House recently. Instead of the usual early-proof-in-a-Jiffy, for Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis, the PR team sent out an envelope styled just like one from Blockbuster Video. Nostalgia. The book is…

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Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford

By nagaisayonara

25 April, 2020

It was supposed to be a quiet weekend away for Jodie and her three friends, time away from their children, their husbands, their jobs, their whole lives back in the city. But it didn’t take long before everything started going wrong for Jodie and the…

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Good Neighbours by Sarah Langan

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones audiobook

Later by Stephen King

Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo

Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

First look: The video nasty Harrow Lake

Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford

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