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The Vanished by Soren and Lotte Hammer

16 April, 2016

Translated by Martin Aitken — Scandinavian crime fiction has given us some amazing strong, anti-social women as lead characters. Think of Lisbeth Salander, Smilla Jaspersen, Sarah Lund and Saga Noren, for instance. But it’s also has a reputation for quiet old men, usually with health problems. If…

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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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The Missing by CL Taylor

By MarinaSofia

13 April, 2016

CL Taylor is becoming an important voice in the growing sub-genre of domestic noir. Last year, The Lie rocked the Amazon charts, and was one of our Recommended books. It looked at female relationships, and a woman who had changed her identity entirely. The Missing tackles…

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A Savage Hunger by Claire McGowan

By MarinaSofia

26 March, 2016

Claire McGowan’s Paula Maguire series has already garnered high praise. On the strength of my entry point into the series with this, the fourth novel, I can certainly see why that’s the case. Forensic psychologists have become almost a cliché in recent crime fiction, but…

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Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner

By DeathBecomesHer

14 March, 2016

Old-style TV crime dramas have a lot to answer for. At an hour long (minus advert breaks) they had a beginning, middle and all-tied-up-in-a-neat-bow ending. Sadly, life isn’t like that. Some crimes are never solved, with both police and victims stuck in a limbo they…

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The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes by Michael Kurland

By RoughJustice

23 February, 2016

This author is perhaps best known for his series of comic historical thrillers featuring that infamous criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. You can read our review of the most recent book in that series, Who Thinks Evil, here. Recently, Titan Books republished another of his historical…

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Kill Me Again by Rachel Abbott

By DeathBecomesHer

17 February, 2016

Lies. Even a teeny weeny white one can snowball into something of epic proportions if you’re not careful. But if everyone told the truth, where would crime fiction readers be? Or defence solicitors for that matter? Maggie Taylor is one of the latter, newly arrived…

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The Darkest Secret by Alex Harwood

By DeathBecomesHer

15 January, 2016

Alex Marwood’s latest domestic noir novel is one of those ones where you’ll definitely feel like screaming, “He’s behind you!” like an overexcited child at a pantomime. There were also times when I wanted to grab a character by the arm and ask, “Can’t you…

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The Vanished by Soren and Lotte Hammer

Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary

The Missing by CL Taylor

A Savage Hunger by Claire McGowan

Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner

The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes by Michael Kurland

Kill Me Again by Rachel Abbott

The Darkest Secret by Alex Harwood

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