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The Doll's House by Louise Phillips

By DeathBecomesHer

11 September, 2013

Perhaps I’m just lucky, but it’s rare that I find a book that I can’t get into. So I was perplexed when I was halfway through The Doll’s House and still struggling to connect with it. Something else I rarely do is read my previous…

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CIS: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie

By spriteby

5 September, 2013

Last year, we began Classics in September and it’s fair to say we included plenty of hardboiled and noir material from the 1940s and 50s. Chandler, Jim Thompson, Ross Macdonald and James M Cain all featured alongside the Top Five Women of Noir. Maybe we…

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Sacrifices

By crimefictionlover

3 September, 2013

Written by Roger Smith — Michael Lane has it better than millions of the other sorry souls in South Africa. Or so it would seem. Then one night sex with his wife Beverley is interrupted by a woman’s screams. They’re coming from the pool house on…

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Purgatory

By crimefictionlover

15 August, 2013

Written by Ken Bruen — Irish crime writer Ken Bruen’s series featuring Jack Taylor, a former officer with the Garda in Galway, is now a TV show starring Game of Thrones actor Iain Glen as the private detective. But for the full hit of 100…

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An Act of Kindness by Barbara Nadel

By Lucy

12 August, 2013

Set in East London, An Act of Kindness sees PI Lee Arnold and his assistant Mumtaz Hakim struggling for work. It’s 2012 and Olympics fever is in the air. Lee has been hired by an old school gangster to investigate his young wife, whom he…

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Trespasser by Paul Doiron

By DavidPrestidge

7 August, 2013

When winter slowly turns into spring in Maine, they call it Mud Season. It is both a curse and a blessing. Clothes, cars, sidewalks and driveways are covered in the stuff, but at least summer cannot be too far away. Amid the mud Game Warden…

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Witness the Dead by Craig Robertson

By LoiteringWithIntent

4 August, 2013

Craig Robertson‘s first novel, Random, was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger and hit the Sunday Times bestseller list in 2010. Using Glasgow as a backdrop, he’s gradually built a strong cast of characters led by the no nonsense DS Rachel Narey. However in…

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Season of Darkness by Maureen Jennings

By RoughJustice

31 July, 2013

The author of Season of Darkness is a British ex-pat living in Canada, who is well known for writing the seven books in the Murdoch Mysteries series. These have benefited from a popular TV adaptation. Tom Tyler is her new creation, making his first appearance…

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The Doll's House by Louise Phillips

CIS: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie

Sacrifices

Purgatory

An Act of Kindness by Barbara Nadel

Trespasser by Paul Doiron

Witness the Dead by Craig Robertson

Season of Darkness by Maureen Jennings

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