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Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 August, 2026

If you’re the kind of reader who likes to become totally immersed in a book, Ellery Lloyd’s new time-travel crime thriller Time to Burn could be just what you’re waiting for. Crime Fiction Lover reviews have jumped into other future-oriented techno-thrillers, teetering on the edge…

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Appointment in Paris by Jane Thynne

By Chris Connor

7 April, 2026

Jane Thynne is best known for her series of novels following Clara Vine, an Anglo-German actress working for British intelligence during World War II. She started a new series in 2024 with Midnight in Vienna, which followed cast-out spy Harry Fox and Stella Fry, fresh…

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What I Told My Friends by Alice Leigh

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

25 March, 2026

Alice Leigh’s debut is pitched as a coming-of-age dark academia thriller, leaving her with big expectations to fulfil. While it contains all the essential ingredients of the subgenre, its style and themes align more closely with young adult fiction. The setting of High Hill Manor…

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What Happened That Night by Nicci French

By DeathBecomesHer

13 February, 2026

Husband and wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French are probably best known for their series of books featuring psychotherapist Frieda Klein, but in recent years they’ve been gradually building up a new collection, with DI Maud O’Connor as the strangely not-quite-central character. Maud…

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Spies and Other Gods by James Wolff

By RoughJustice

11 February, 2026

Recent years have seen a renaissance of fiction set in the murky world of espionage. No doubt the continued success of Mick Herron, both in print and on Apple TV, has played no small part in this. David McCloskey’s series of action-packed thrillers regularly hits…

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Meet the author: Andrew Lowe

By crimefictionlover

3 February, 2026

Actually, we’ve already met Andrew Lowe. He joined us on Crime Fiction Lover a year ago to tell us about Creepy Crawly and his Jake Sawyer series. Hugely successful as ebooks, they were published in print by Vinci Books. And, while that series continues, Vinci…

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Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand

By Erin Britton

15 December, 2025

A debut back in 1941, Christianna Brand’s Death in High Heels opens with the light, breezy tone of a comedy set in the world of retail fashion. Something akin to Are You Being Served? or Mr Selfridge perhaps. However, beneath its witty surface lies a…

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Estella's Fury by Barbara Havelocke

By Paul Burke

1 December, 2025

Not only are the works of Charles Dickens rich in atmosphere, they’re full of unusual characters that beg further exploration. PLEASE, SIR, CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE? Barbara Havelocke is an author who has heeded the call — and then some. Estella’s Fury follows on…

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Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd

Appointment in Paris by Jane Thynne

What I Told My Friends by Alice Leigh

What Happened That Night by Nicci French

Spies and Other Gods by James Wolff

Meet the author: Andrew Lowe

Estella's Fury by Barbara Havelocke

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