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The Good Ones by Polly Stewart

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 June, 2023

Two ways to sum up the experience of reading Polly Stewart’s mystery/thriller The Good Ones come immediately to mind. One is: ‘Everyone’s a hero of their own story,’ and narrator Nicola Bennett is fixated on what she sees as her own role in the disappearance…

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Killing Moon by Jo Nesbo

By crimefictionlover

15 June, 2023

Translated by Séan Kinsella — The 13th novel in Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series should have some sort of warning on the cover. Advisory: Do Not Read After Eating. The killer in this book uses methods so horrible and heinous that it’s one of the few…

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An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb by Louise Wolhuter

By DeathBecomesHer

14 June, 2023

Small towns, with their insular attitudes and tight-lipped inhabitants, are a rich hunting ground for crime fiction authors – think City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita, Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth or any Miss Marple mystery. You know the drill… stranger arrives in town, crime…

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The Last Goodbye by Tim Weaver

By DeathBecomesHer

9 June, 2023

Anyone who has read The Blackbird, the previous book in Tim Weaver’s series, will know that its finale left David Raker in a precarious place. As The Last Goodbye begins, the missing persons investigator is thanking his lucky stars that he is still one step…

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French crime drama I Killed My Husband comes to More4

By crimefictionlover

12 May, 2023

“Killed my husband. I am a monster.” Never say this when detained by the French police. It’s just one of several mistakes made by Anna Viera, played by Erika Sainte, in the riveting new French crime series I Killed My Husband, arriving on More4 in…

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Sunset and Jericho by Sam Wiebe

By Sharon Richardson

10 May, 2023

Canadian author Sam Wiebe is known for his gritty, realistic Vancouver noir, especially the Dave Wakeland series about a former cop turned private investigator. Sunset and Jericho is the fourth book in the series however it can be read as a standalone. If you are…

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The Donut Legion by Joe R Lansdale

By RoughJustice

3 April, 2023

In his latest novel, Texan author Joe R Lansdale introduces new characters who have the feel of potentially forming the basis of a series similar to his earlier Hap and Leonard books. Charlie Garner was once a cop, became a private detective and is now…

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Exiles by Jane Harper

By DeathBecomesHer

6 March, 2023

It seems like 2023 is turning out to be the year of crime fiction farewells. First came the end, for the time being at least, of Elly Griffiths’ series featuring forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway; now, thousands of miles and continents away it is time to…

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Killing Moon by Jo Nesbo

An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb by Louise Wolhuter

The Last Goodbye by Tim Weaver

French crime drama I Killed My Husband comes to More4

Sunset and Jericho by Sam Wiebe

The Donut Legion by Joe R Lansdale

Exiles by Jane Harper

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