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Something Bad Wrong by Eryk Pruitt

8 May, 2023

Screenwriter, filmmaker and bar owner Eryk Pruitt is no stranger to crime fiction that depicts the dark side of the American South, and has a growing reputation in rural noir storytelling. Something Bad Wrong is his third crime novel and was partly inspired by the…

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The Messenger by Megan Davis

By Paul Burke

29 March, 2023

Australian author Megan Davis works in movies and travels the world, and has settled on Paris for her psychological thriller debut. With film credits include In Bruges, Atonement and the Bourne franchise, she lived in France for a time which helps with the authenticity of…

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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

By Erin Britton

19 January, 2023

Long-buried truth meets long-awaited fiction with deadly consequences in The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, the third fiendishly complex novel by Janice Hallett. Having skewered the venerable pastimes of amateur dramatics and children’s literature in her previous books, this time round Hallett focuses her…

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The Collector by Anne Mette Hancock

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

16 November, 2022

Translated by Tara Chase — Danish author Anne Mette Hancock is writing the kind of crime fiction that’s perfect for lovers of Nordic noir. Her debut, The Corpse Flower, was a hit in Denmark and appeared in English last year. Now investigative journalist Heloise Kaldan…

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It's News to Me by RG Belsky

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 November, 2022

The fifth entry in RG Belsky’s Clare Carlson series includes all the features his fans have come to appreciate – an interesting plot, brisk pacing and, best of all, the self-deprecating wit and chutzpah of Clare herself. In this story, Clare’s Manhattan newsroom is abuzz…

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There Are No Happy Loves by Sergio Olguín

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 September, 2022

Translated by Miranda France — There Are No Happy Loves is the third crime thriller in a series by award-winning Argentinian writer Sergio Olguín, featuring the irrepressible and libidinous investigative reporter Verónica Rosenthal. It follows on from The Fragility of Bodies (2019) and The Foreign…

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All the Broken Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

5 September, 2022

Award-winning TV news anchor Linda Hurtado Bond returns with her fourth novel featuring a journalist as the main protagonist. This time, it’s Marisol ‘Mari’ Alvarez, a disgraced Cuban-American crime reporter who must stay one step ahead of a serial killer while also uncovering the truth…

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1989 by Val McDermid

By DeathBecomesHer

2 September, 2022

The 1980s are having something of a renaissance right now thanks to TV series like The Newsreader and Stranger Things. Just ask Kate Bush, whose 1986 hit Running Up That Hill took on a new life after featuring in the latter show on Netflix. Val…

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Something Bad Wrong by Eryk Pruitt

The Messenger by Megan Davis

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

The Collector by Anne Mette Hancock

It's News to Me by RG Belsky

There Are No Happy Loves by Sergio Olguín

All the Broken Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond

1989 by Val McDermid

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