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No Place to Die by Clare Donoghue

By Jeremy Megraw

9 March, 2015

DCI Jane Bennett has her hands full. Ever since the Southeast London murder squad’s last big case, her boss DC Mike Lockyer has not been the same. His career may even be threatened by his handling of the now infamous Stevens case, which formed the…

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Capital Crimes: London Mysteries by Martin Edwards

By Andre

8 March, 2015

The British Library has done crime readers a huge service with its revival of lost or forgotten Golden Age novels in the last few years. With more than a dozen titles now available, their popular crime classics collection is a publishing phenomenon. The Golden Age…

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Interview: James Craig

By DavidPrestidge

19 February, 2015

James Craig is the author of the popular London-based crime thrillers featuring Inspector John Carlyle, which began with London Calling just about when we started Crime Fiction Lover in 2011. With the new episode, Sins of the Fathers, just published, he talks to us about himself, his…

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Second Life by SJ Watson

By DeathBecomesHer

10 February, 2015

Coming as it does just a couple of days before Valentine’s Day and the arrival in cinemas of 50 Shades of Grey, 12 February seems a good day for SJ Watson’s second novel to arrive. Because Second Life is about love, be it motherly love,…

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Sins of the Fathers by James Craig

By DavidPrestidge

9 February, 2015

Inspector John Carlyle is a wearily decent copper, working in the heart of London. He lives with his long-suffering wife and teenage daughter in a block of council flats not far away. Permanently tired, struggling to make ends meet but fiercely honest, he is one…

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The Jigsaw Man by Elena Forbes

By Raven

29 January, 2015

After a lengthy hiatus, Elena Forbes returns here with a fourth edition in her DI Mark Tartaglia series, set in London. Tartaglia’s colleague Sam Donovan has left the force, deeply affected by the traumatic events of the previous book. These are succinctly covered for those new to…

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My Bloody Valentine by Alastair Gunn

By DavidPrestidge

26 January, 2015

Antonia Hawkins is an acting detective chief inspector, or ADCI. She is ambitious, but her attempts to remove the ‘A’ from her rank have taken a major hit because her previous case ended with her being stabbed and slashed within an inch of her life….

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Behind Closed Doors by Elizabeth Haynes

By nagaisayonara

23 January, 2015

Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Rainsford disappeared in 2003 while on a family holiday in Rhodes. Ten years later, she’s reappeared in her home town, a fictional place outside of London called Briarstone. It’s just like any decent-sized town in Western Europe, and poor Scarlett is working in…

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No Place to Die by Clare Donoghue

Capital Crimes: London Mysteries by Martin Edwards

Interview: James Craig

Second Life by SJ Watson

Sins of the Fathers by James Craig

The Jigsaw Man by Elena Forbes

My Bloody Valentine by Alastair Gunn

Behind Closed Doors by Elizabeth Haynes

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