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The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

21 October, 2025

Mickey Haller has really been put through the wringer over the years, even going to prison at one point. But as The Proving Ground opens it’s a more contemplative Mickey who is in the spotlight. He’s stepped away from the cut and thrust of criminal…

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The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet

By DeathBecomesHer

26 August, 2025

Best known as The Secret Barrister – an author with several non-fiction books under their belt – the shadowy SJ Fleet has finally arrived on the crime fiction scene with their debut The Cut Throat Trial. It’s a compelling mix of Rumpole of the Bailey…

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Two Kinds of Stranger by Steve Cavanagh

By DeathBecomesHer

5 August, 2025

No good deed goes unpunished, according to the oft-quoted saying. So where does that leave us in these random-act-of-kindness days? In deep doo-doo, if Steve Cavanagh’s latest Eddie Flynn novel is to be believed. Two Kinds of Stranger opens with TikToker Elly Parker heading through…

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Murder Tide by Stella Blómkvist

By Paul Burke

1 August, 2025

Translated by Quentin Bates — It’s not for her loveable nature that Stella Blómkvist is the most popular and successful defence lawyer in Iceland, she is a winner, pure and simple, tenacious and formidable. A little and sometimes a lot scary, Stella is exactly who…

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Meet the author: David Secular

By crimefictionlover

21 July, 2025

For nearly five decades, David Secular has worked in the US legal system, all of which has fed into the inspiration behind his debut crime novel, A Hate Crime in Brooklyn. Readers are already full of praise, not just for its authenticity and insights into…

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FDR Drive by James Comey

By Paul Burke

3 June, 2025

The former director of the FBI turned author was sacked by Donald Trump in 2017 and was recently interviewed by the Secret Service in an ongoing feud with the man now back in the White House. Writing legal thrillers is probably a welcome escape from…

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Interview: James Comey

By crimefictionlover

22 May, 2025

After being removed from his position as FBI director by Donald Trump in 2017, James Comey became a writer and there was a huge amount of interest in his book. People hoped he would shed light on what it was like in the corridors of…

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Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow

By Vicki Weisfeld

27 February, 2025

No doubt many crime fiction readers have eagerly anticipated Presumed Guilty, Scott Turow’s new legal thriller. I know I looked forward to seeing what his character, Rusty Sabich, is up to, now that he’s in his 70s. Rusty, you may recall, was the protagonist of…

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The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet

Two Kinds of Stranger by Steve Cavanagh

Murder Tide by Stella Blómkvist

Meet the author: David Secular

FDR Drive by James Comey

Interview: James Comey

Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow

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