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NTN: The Forgotten Addiction by Michael Lion

By RoughJustice

15 November, 2014

This is Michael Lion’s second novel and it follows on from The Butcher’s Granddaughter in 2009, also published by American independent New Pulp Press. Lion has found a novel way to update the PI genre – by making the protagonist in his series a snitch….

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The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

31 October, 2014

There’s many a crime novel which begins in a mortuary, as the coroner works on a body and uncovers a vital clue that ultimately solves the case. Never before, though, have I encountered an autopsy that is in response to a cold case. In truth,…

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Rose Gold by Walter Mosley

By DavidPrestidge

20 September, 2014

It is the mid 1960s and in Los Angeles black folks have, to a degree, been replaced by young political activists and hippies as the biggest perceived threat to the white middle classes – and the LAPD. Even so, PI Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Rawlins is surprised…

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CIS: Lost classics by Arthur Lyons

By Raven

18 September, 2014

All too often when I cite Arthur Lyons (1946-2008) as one of my favourite crime writers I am met with a blank expression or something like: ‘Who? Never heard of him…’ Likewise, when I was researching some background material for this article, there was a…

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Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

By Andre

9 September, 2014

Dear Daughter is one of those debut crime novels that arrives with the sort of buzz that guarantees it will get noticed in a busy period for major new titles. The blurbs from genre giants Kate Atkinson and Tana French suggest that Elizabeth Little may…

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False Ransom by Ivan Infante

By DavidPrestidge

2 September, 2014

Mike Chance is what you might call a nasty piece of work. He has made his way from America’s East Coast to West, and has ended up in downtown Los Angeles in 1938. His first act is to dress up as cops, roust an illegal…

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Bite Harder by Anonymous-9

By Keith Nixon

27 August, 2014

Dean Drayhart is in prison. He’s a self-confessed serial killer, but with a difference. His wife and child were mowed down in a hit and run, the same accident which left him a paraplegic and barely able to move. Worse, the perpetrator was never caught….

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First look: Easy Rawlins in Rose Gold

By crimefictionlover

25 August, 2014

Each book in the Easy Rawlins series by Walter Mosley comes with a colour in the title. The first was Devil in a Blue Dress, and the last one we saw was Little Green in June 2013. The latest gives us two colours for the…

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NTN: The Forgotten Addiction by Michael Lion

The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

Rose Gold by Walter Mosley

CIS: Lost classics by Arthur Lyons

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

False Ransom by Ivan Infante

Bite Harder by Anonymous-9

First look: Easy Rawlins in Rose Gold

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