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Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

By DeathBecomesHer

30 September, 2014

As all die-hard crime fiction fans know, some of the world’s best-selling authors aren’t happy unless they churn out book after book in a series featuring a recurring central character. After a while, some of those characters begin to feel like friends. Sadly, others get…

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The Boy That Never Was by Karen Perry

By Jeremy Megraw

28 September, 2014

Harry and Robyn are a young Irish couple who, together with their toddler son Dillon, enjoy a perfectly care free life in Tangiers. They live in the moment, concerned mainly with capturing the beauty of the Moroccan sunset on canvas. They share their existence with…

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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It is the mid 1960s and in Los Angeles black folks have, to a degree, been replaced by young political activists and hippies as the biggest perceived threat to the white middle classes – and the LAPD.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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Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason

By Raven

17 September, 2014

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Following the teasing, ambiguous and melancholy end to Strange Shores – which is said to be the final novel in the Erlendur series – Reykjavik Nights doesn’t tell us what happened to our hero. Instead, it’s a prequel to the…

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The Long Way Home

By MarinaSofia

19 August, 2014

Written by Louise Penny — Louise Penny has a devoted audience of readers who eagerly await each of her novels featuring Québecois detective Armand Gamache – and I am no exception. We were all on tenterhooks to see if the good inspector’s retirement from his…

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First look: Missing by Sam Hawken

By crimefictionlover

13 August, 2014

Oh, this is nice. Block foil bullets, rosary beads and handguns. A creepy dia de muertos skull configuration. Silhouettes, hearts and spades, illustrative flourishes and let’s not forget that tattoo-style Blackletter typeface for the book’s title. Once again Serpent’s Tail has done Sam Hawken proud…

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Fall From Grace by Tim Weaver

By DavidPrestidge

10 August, 2014

David Raker is a specialist. The former journalist is an expert at finding missing people, particularly when the police have failed and put the case notes in the the dustiest corner of their filing system. Raker has a good success rate, which has often brought…

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Heartman by MP Wright

By DavidPrestidge

25 June, 2014

There is a deep irony from the outset in the setting of this book. We are in the wintry and snow covered English city of Bristol. It is 1964. Two centuries earlier, Bristol was one of the main European ports exporting African slaves to the…

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Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

The Boy That Never Was by Karen Perry

Rose Gold by Walter Mosley

Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason

The Long Way Home

First look: Missing by Sam Hawken

Fall From Grace by Tim Weaver

Heartman by MP Wright

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