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On the Radar: A Violent Masterpiece and more

22 May, 2026

Ever since She Rides Shotgun blew us out of our armchairs in 2017, we’ve been keeping an eye out for the SoCal crime author, Jordan Harper – especially our in-house dark thriller aficionado, Rough Justice. And right now, RJ is licking his lips over A Violent…

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The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024

By Vicki Weisfeld

12 November, 2024

Edited by SA Cosby and Steph Cha — This annual compilation of short stories by leading American crime authors has evolved quite a bit since Steph Cha took over the editorship from Otto Penzler, who now publishes The Best Mystery Stories of the Year as…

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Best crime author of 2023 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

1 December, 2023

As crime fiction lovers, we all have different tastes. Cosy crime fiction has been resurgent in 2023 – no surprise given the chaos going on around the world, with the cost of living crisis, climate change and too many wars happening. We can escape from…

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Crime book of the year 2023 shortlist

By crimefictionlover

23 November, 2023

Have you voted in the Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2023 yet? If not, perhaps today’s the day to make your picks. Here we look at the six books on our Book of the Year shortlist and one of the comments we keep hearing is: “It’s…

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On the Radar: The first crime novels of 2023

By crimefictionlover

23 December, 2022

We know, we know. Christmas hasn’t even happened yet but already we’re talking about the new year. We just can’t help it. Look at these books – who wouldn’t be excited about new titles by Chris Hammer, Jordan Harper or Tom Rob Smith? Death in…

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Rough Justice: Top five books of 2022

By RoughJustice

19 December, 2022

Picking my favourite crime novels of the year is always a double-edged sword. There’s great satisfaction in recognising some brilliant work, but also a little doubt, and guilt, about the books I leave out. I have to stick to five though, and after some consideration,…

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The Last King of California by Jordan Harper

By RoughJustice

10 November, 2022

To say anticipation was high for the latest novel by Jordan Harper would be something of an understatement. His 2017 debut, She Rides Shotgun (A Lesson In Violence in the UK), picked up a prestigious Edgar Award and we awarded it five stars as well…

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On the Radar: Crows, kings and crazy presidents

By crimefictionlover

23 September, 2022

It’s a very exciting week if you’re a crime fiction lover. New books are coming from established authors and debutantes alike and they involve crows, crime kings and even a crazy president. The latter comes to us care of the prolific American author James Patterson,…

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On the Radar: A Violent Masterpiece and more

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024

Best crime author of 2023 shortlist

Crime book of the year 2023 shortlist

On the Radar: The first crime novels of 2023

Rough Justice: Top five books of 2022

The Last King of California by Jordan Harper

On the Radar: Crows, kings and crazy presidents

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