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The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock

By Paul Burke

8 March, 2022

Translated by Tara Chase — This chilly thriller from Anne Mette Hancock will really appeal to you if you love Nordic noir that plumbs the darkest depths of the soul. The Corpse Flower is an accomplished debut, a prize winner in Hancock’s native Denmark and…

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Power in the Blood by Hiawatha Bray

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 January, 2022

Debut fiction author Hiawatha Bray draws on his deep knowledge and experience in writing this highly entertaining techno-thriller set mostly in Boston. Like Bray himself, his protagonist, Weldon Drake, is a technology reporter for a leading newspaper, and both are deacons in an African-American Baptist…

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The Crystal Crypt by Fiona Veitch Smith

By Erin Britton

22 November, 2021

The Crystal Crypt marks the sixth investigative outing for reporter and amateur sleuth Poppy Denby. It’s a story that sees the sins of the past come back to haunt her, with former friends and foes resurfacing to destabilise her professional life at just the same…

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OJ's Knife by John Gibson

By Paul Burke

5 November, 2021

OJ’s Knife is a fast-paced and entertaining speculative pulp novel in the Mickey Judge series. It’s based on a fictional hunt for the weapon that killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994, crimes for which Nicole’s husband, the American Football legend and film…

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A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton

By DeathBecomesHer

13 August, 2021

There’s a neat juxtaposition of ancient history and more recent goings-on as A Rattle of Bones begins. The title harks back to old misdoings – the execution in 1752 of clan leader James Stewart, known as James of the Glen, for crimes he almost certainly…

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Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 August, 2021

Authors are often told to make the setting of their novel like another character, and certainly the books that nail the sounds, smells, look and feel of a place add to the realism of a story. This debut crime novel involving two quasi-amateur detectives takes…

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Beyond the Headlines by RG Belsky

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 May, 2021

RG Belsky’s Clare Carlson is a New York City television news director, and her skill at getting to the truth doesn’t take a back seat to anyone’s. There may be delays, detours, and false starts, but she gets there in the end, as we’ve already…

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The Source by Sarah Sultoon

By DeathBecomesHer

23 March, 2021

Former CNN journalist Sarah Sultoon has won awards for covering major stories across the globe. But in her first foray into crime fiction writing she sticks closer to home, with a tale centred firmly in the British establishment that’s set in the late 20th century…

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The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock

Power in the Blood by Hiawatha Bray

The Crystal Crypt by Fiona Veitch Smith

OJ's Knife by John Gibson

A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton

Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

Beyond the Headlines by RG Belsky

The Source by Sarah Sultoon

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