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Interview: Timothy Jay Smith

27 May, 2025

Timothy Jay Smith is a writer and a wanderer, who has travelled all over the US and the rest of the world. His previous career put him in close contact with major global events, from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…

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White City by Dominic Nolan

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

18 December, 2024

Dominic Nolan’s White City is a gritty, evocative story set in 1950s London, a city in ruins after World War II. While many crime novels set in the city focus on the East End, here we’re up west, in and around Notting Dale, Soho, White…

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A Death in Denmark by Amulya Malladi

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

4 April, 2023

It’s not often crime fiction lovers will come across a Kierkegaard quoting, sharply dressed detective who is also a jazz musician. However, that’s just what we get in Gabriel Praest, an ex-cop from Copenhagen who provides a promising start to Amulya Malladi’s new series. Gabriel…

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The Second Cut by Louise Welsh

By Paul Burke

2 February, 2022

Louise Welsh’s The Cutting Room was a sensation when it was published in 1999. It was a brilliant debut from a provocative new voice in British crime fiction, infusing a Gaelic vibe with a creepy gothic air. Tartan noir credentials firmly established, there was a…

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The Strangers of Braamfontein by Onyeka Nwelue

By Paul Burke

22 September, 2021

The Strangers of Braamfontein is one of those crime novels that hits you in the gut and before you can recover another powerful blow is delivered. It’s a story of corruption, gangland violence, sex trafficking, modern slavery and murder. All of this is seen from…

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This Land is No Stranger by Sarah Hollister and Gil Reavill

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

21 April, 2021

Our continuing fascination with crime fiction from the Nordic regions has led to several non-Scandinavian authors setting their novels in Sweden, Norway, Iceland and even the Faroe Islands. However, just because you put your characters in Sweden doesn’t necessarily make your novel Nordic noir. Fortunately,…

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Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 January, 2021

Debut author Julie Carrick Dalton deserves praise for making concerns about important social issues – climate change and immigration – an integral part of her new novel. It isn’t always easy to do that without turning a book into a lecture or consciousness-raising exercise. In…

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Forgiving Stephen Redmond by AJ Sidransky

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 January, 2021

In 2008, workmen tearing down a clutch of derelict Washington Heights rowhouses make a grim discovery. Behind the plaster of an upstairs bedroom is the body of a man sitting in a chair, wearing a hat. To the dismay of the demolition foreman, NYPD detectives…

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Interview: Timothy Jay Smith

White City by Dominic Nolan

A Death in Denmark by Amulya Malladi

The Second Cut by Louise Welsh

The Strangers of Braamfontein by Onyeka Nwelue

This Land is No Stranger by Sarah Hollister and Gil Reavill

Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

Forgiving Stephen Redmond by AJ Sidransky

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