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Invisible City by Julia Dahl

By DeathBecomesHer

6 May, 2014

Experienced New York-based crime reporter Julia Dahl has stuck firmly to what she knows for her debut novel, resulting in a well researched and highly enjoyable read which offers a unique take on an oft-travelled road. Yes, Invisible City is about a murder… in New…

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Someone Else's Skin by Sarah Hilary

By DeathBecomesHer

5 May, 2014

What is it with angling? The thought of sitting on a riverbank all day in the hope of catching a fish on a hook, reeling it in slowly, then playing with it until you’ve tired it out leaves me cold. But after reading Someone Else’s…

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The Murder Bag by Tony Parsons

By MarinaSofia

4 May, 2014

Crime fiction has become the destination genre of choice for writers who have been successful writing other kinds of fiction. JK Rowling, John Banville and Isabel Allende are just a few of the big names who have tried their hand at crime fiction writing in…

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After the Silence by Jake Woodhouse

By DavidPrestidge

2 May, 2014

Bleak, pre-Christmas Amsterdam. The twinkling of fairy lights in festive windows does nothing to hide the obscenity of the body found hanging from a pulley above the frozen waters of a canal. Inspector Jaap Rykel, fresh from the indignity of having his houseboat broken into,…

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The Devil's Playground by Stav Sherez

By Keith Nixon

1 May, 2014

It’s hard to believe that a decade has passed since The Devil’s Playground first came out. The book received widespread acclaim and was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Dagger, which goes to a top new writer each year. With this debut novel, crime fiction…

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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker

By Andre

30 April, 2014

Translated by Sam Taylor — This thriller arrives with a lot of hype. It also has the usually reassuring presence of imprint MacLehose Press, which specialises in translated fiction from Pierre Lemaitre, Antonin Varenne and, of course, Stieg Larsson. The book is about an American…

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My Criminal World by Henry Sutton

By Keith Nixon

25 April, 2014

David Slavitt is a man whose life is in slow decline. He’s a full time writer of crime novels – his debut was a smash, but since then each has sold in smaller and smaller quantities. As Slavitt’s star has waned in the crime world…

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Wolf by Mo Hayder

By Raven

23 April, 2014

The queen of nail-shredding tension returns with Wolf, the seventh novel to feature DI Jack Caffery and the fifth in the Walking Man series. We have a convoluted plot that uses as its backdrop the visceral – in all senses of the word – murder…

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Invisible City by Julia Dahl

Someone Else's Skin by Sarah Hilary

The Murder Bag by Tony Parsons

After the Silence by Jake Woodhouse

The Devil's Playground by Stav Sherez

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker

My Criminal World by Henry Sutton

Wolf by Mo Hayder

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