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Mumbai Noir

Edited by Altaf Tyrewala — Mumbai, with a population of 20.5 million, is the most humanity-riddled city in India and the fourth most populous in the world. It is the commercial and entertainment capital of India and the nation’s economic powerhouse. One of the world’s…
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What It Was

Narrated by the Pelecanos character Derek Strange, it all starts with the murder of Bobby Odum and the theft of a ring. Parked outside – a Plymouth Fury, the GT Sport two-door with a V8 inside. The plates read Coco, as in brothel owner Coco…
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Ishmael Toffee

Written by Roger Smith — Like Dust Devils and Mixed Blood, Ishmael Toffee sees Roger Smith plucking characters from the different social and racial strata of South Africa and throwing them together in a bleak and harrowing crime story. Released on Kindle, the novella is…
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Hill Country

Written by R Thomas Brown — Small town life can be murder. If you need any proof, look no further than the plot of Hill Country, a novella by up and coming crime writer R Thomas Brown. Gabe Hill is a bit of a deadbeat…
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Sorry

Written by Zoran Drvenkar — Here at Crime Fiction Lover we love the break-out popularity of European crime, whether it’s the stone cold thrillers of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson, or the hit Danish TV series The Killing. What’s more, we know how popular it…
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Available Dark

Written by Elizabeth Hand — This is the second Cass Neary thriller, following on from Generation Loss. Not having read that book didn’t prevent me in any way from enjoying this latest one. Cass Neary exists on the edge of society. She received critical acclaim…
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Tumblin' Dice by John McFetridge

In music, I like bands and singers who explore not only different themes and styles, but also try different sounds and voices. Same with writers. As some of them will tell you, everything has been said already, you just need to take a new approach,…
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