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The Devil's Line by Marrisse Whittaker

By DeathBecomesHer

6 January, 2022

If gritty police procedurals are your crime fiction fix, then maybe it’s time to add Marrisse Whittaker to that ever-growing list of authors to explore. Set in the North East of England, The Devil’s Line is her follow up to The Magpie, which was shortlisted…

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Perilous Gambit by Kevin G Chapman

By DeathBecomesHer

7 December, 2021

Detectives Mike Stoneman and Jason Dickson are as New York as a hot pastrami bagel, but one of the great things about Kevin G Chapman’s series of books featuring the pair is that they tend to get about a bit. In Lethal Voyage, we had…

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The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

10 November, 2021

Here at Crime Fiction Lover we love a clever book title, and this one is a case in point. At first glance it seems all too obvious – after all, the main protagonist, LAPD Detective Renee Ballard, is on permanent night duty, working the graveyard…

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Psychopaths Anonymous by Will Carver

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

4 November, 2021

Will Carver’s writing is like tequila, or Marmite, perhaps. He produces a hot and abrasive brand of crime fiction that makes readers uncomfortable. For some this is delectable and it leaves you wanting more. For others, the approach is… challenging. If you dare to read…

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Blood Like Rain by Albert Tucher

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 October, 2021

Albert Tucher creates a tropical getaway between covers in his series of Big Island Mysteries, indelibly drawing his characters from the diverse culture of the Hawaiian Islands. We’ve previously reviewed The Place of Refuge. His protagonist, Hawai`i County police detective Errol Coutinho, has his hands…

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The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

By crimefictionlover

22 October, 2021

Translated by David Hackston — The Man Who Died, Palm Beach Finland, Little Siberia… Antti Tuomainen’s books have quirky titles and the slightly surreal sense of humour that they suggest continues inside each of them. Now we have The Rabbit Factor, with its lurid orange…

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The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

By DeathBecomesHer

30 September, 2021

The man is a TV gameshow phenomenon in the UK, but questions were raised when Richard Osman announced he was writing a crime novel. Could this incomer cut the mustard? Book sales of more than a million copies since The Thursday Murder Club was published in…

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Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth

By Vicki Weisfeld

28 September, 2021

Responsibility, redemption, and squandered chances are among the themes in Paul Howarth’s second novel, which will live in your memory long after turning the last page. Just as indelible is the portrait of the Australian Outback in the late 19th century – the dust and…

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The Devil's Line by Marrisse Whittaker

Perilous Gambit by Kevin G Chapman

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

Psychopaths Anonymous by Will Carver

Blood Like Rain by Albert Tucher

The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth

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