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The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 March, 2023

If you’ve ever travelled to Egypt, The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen will take you back there. At least it had that effect on me. And, if you’ve never been there, when you finish this fast-paced thriller, you may feel as if you’ve made the…

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Death Comes to the Costa del Sol by MH Eccleston

By Erin Britton

1 March, 2023

Sun, sangria and sleuthing are all in store for art conservator Astrid Swift when she decides to make an impromptu visit to her estranged father at his new home in Estepona on the Costa del Sol. Having previously tackled murder and mayhem with aplomb in…

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The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz

By crimefictionlover

28 February, 2023

Evan Smoak, AKA Orphan X, AKA The Nowhere Man, is back but finds himself not quite so irrepressible in the eighth novel in the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz. Early in the book, the counter surveillance techniques he uses to stay under the radar…

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The Case of the Cursed Cottage by Cathy Ace

By Erin Britton

27 February, 2023

Cathy Ace’s WISE women return to tackle another set of perplexing puzzles in The Case of the Cursed Cottage, the seventh book in the WISE Enquiries Agency cosy mystery series. The indomitable band of sleuths have previously tackled disappearing corpses, strange shenanigans in a bookshop,…

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The Greenleaf Murders by RJ Koreto

By Vicki Weisfeld

1 February, 2023

The sense of place is so strong in some crime novels that their setting – London, Paris, St Mary Mead – practically becomes one of the characters. In RJ Koreto’s new mystery, The Greenleaf Murders, a Manhattan Gilded Age mansion takes on that role. It’s…

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The Bone Records by Rich Zahradnik

By Vicki Weisfeld

25 January, 2023

What’s most fun about Rich Zahradnik’s new crime thriller set in Brooklyn is the peek into worlds most of us haven’t experienced first hand. It tells the story of Grigoriy ‘Grigg’ Orlov, a young man who washed out of the police academy when a racist…

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The Simple Truth by James Buckler

By Paul Burke

16 January, 2023

With a background of writing for film and television, James Buckler is bringing his scene-setting skills and cinematic eye to the crime fiction genre. In 2017, his debut Last Stop Tokyo featured a Brit fleeing problems at home only to find new ones in Japan….

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The Drift by CJ Tudor

By Paul Burke

12 January, 2023

CJ Tudor’s debut novel The Chalk Man was a bestseller and, occupying a crime fiction and horror crossover niche, she has been likened to Stephen King. We could all be hearing more about Tudor soon – incredibly, her first four novels are all in development…

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The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen

Death Comes to the Costa del Sol by MH Eccleston

The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz

The Case of the Cursed Cottage by Cathy Ace

The Greenleaf Murders by RJ Koreto

The Bone Records by Rich Zahradnik

The Simple Truth by James Buckler

The Drift by CJ Tudor

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