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The Vinyl Detective by Andrew Cartmel

By RoughJustice

10 May, 2016

The Vinyl Detective isn’t actually a real detective. He’s just a young, single Londoner whose name is never revealed. A jazz fanatic, he makes his living digging through the crates at record fairs and in charity shops looking for rare vinyl being sold cheap. When…

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The Detective and the Devil by Lloyd Shepherd

By DeathBecomesHer

30 April, 2016

Melding real life and fiction is a delicate balancing act, but one that Lloyd Shepherd has successfully pulled off in three previous historical thrillers. This is his fourth to feature the indefatigable Constable Charles Horton of London’s River Police. It’s 1815, and Horton is called upon…

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Die of Shame by Mark Billingham

By DavidPrestidge

29 April, 2016

Mark Billingham is celebrated for his long-running police procedural series featuring the London detective Tom Thorne. Like all good writers, however, he has shown he can produce standalones too, such as Rush of Blood, which came out in 2012. Die of Shame is still set…

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In Too Deep by Samantha Hayes

By MarinaSofia

28 April, 2016

There has been a veritable avalanche of domestic noir recently – family-based psychological crime novels – and in such a crowded market, it can be difficult for a book to stand out. Samantha Hayes is no newcomer – she has written seven books previously, all…

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Abigale Hall by Lauren A Forry

By DavidPrestidge

24 April, 2016

Written by Lauren A Forry — London, spring 1947. Bombed out houses stand like rotten teeth in an old man’s jaw, and the city is recovering from the harshest winter in memory. Youngsters have returned from the countryside to which they were sent during the War, but some…

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Death in Bayswater by Linda Stratmann

By spriteby

17 April, 2016

The Frances Doughty mysteries are no stranger to Crime Fiction Lover. Back in December 2014, we reviewed An Appetite for Murder, and our radar also picked up the fifth book in the series, The Children of Silence last May. Death in Bayswater finds London’s only female…

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Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary

By DeathBecomesHer

14 April, 2016

Once upon a time, in a plush London duplex, lived a kind, handsome man, his beautiful, loving wife, and lovely, obedient, neat and tidy daughters. Sounds like a fairy story? It is, and as Marnie Rose and Noah Jake get deep into their latest investigation,…

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Strange Tide

By DavidPrestidge

10 April, 2016

Christopher Fowler takes risks. His two detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are improbably ancient. I think they were old in their WWII debut mystery, Full Dark House. He cracks endless jokes based on English popular culture, and if you can’t keep up with his…

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The Vinyl Detective by Andrew Cartmel

The Detective and the Devil by Lloyd Shepherd

Die of Shame by Mark Billingham

In Too Deep by Samantha Hayes

Abigale Hall by Lauren A Forry

Death in Bayswater by Linda Stratmann

Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary

Strange Tide

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