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The Waiter by Ajay Chowdhury

By DeathBecomesHer

26 May, 2021

Some crime books have you hiding behind the cushions, while others make you cringe and shut your eyes in disgust… In a first for this reviewer, The Waiter made me hungry! Seems appropriate, then, that for the book’s online launch party, a number of reviewers…

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The Final Round by Bernard O’Keeffe

By Catherine Turnbull

24 May, 2021

What is it with fictional detectives and music? Inspector Morse, of course, was a huge opera fan, DCI Banks loves a bit of jazz with classical thrown in and it’s been the same score since Sherlock Holmes picked up his violin. Now we have a country…

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Beyond the Headlines by RG Belsky

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 May, 2021

RG Belsky’s Clare Carlson is a New York City television news director, and her skill at getting to the truth doesn’t take a back seat to anyone’s. There may be delays, detours, and false starts, but she gets there in the end, as we’ve already…

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Not Dark Yet by Peter Robinson

By Catherine Turnbull

13 May, 2021

DCI Alan Banks may have been off the telly for five years, but the books that spawned the police procedural series about the Yorkshire-based detective keep coming. Not Dark Yet is the 27th novel Peter Robinson has written for fans of this stubborn officer. Banks,…

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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

3 May, 2021

Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett — Crime fiction devotees wedded to gritty reality may have trouble with the premise of this book or be put off by its link to the horror genre. Don’t be. It starts with a crime, the kind of irresponsible daredevilry four young…

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Long Bright River by Liz Moore

By Vicki Weisfeld

22 April, 2021

Long Bright River came out in paperback in December 2020, but is receiving renewed attention because of the number of best-of-the-year lists it appears on. Apparently, Barack Obama called it one of his favourites. There are really three main characters in Liz Moore’s novel. The…

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The Cut

By Vicki Weisfeld

13 April, 2021

Mismatched pairs are a staple of crime fiction, and the protagonists in Chris Brookmyre’s new thriller about the movie business become the unlikeliest of pals. He teams Millie, a 70-year-old former horror film makeup artist, with Jerry, a dreadlocked black college student who loves the…

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The Captive

By Catherine Turnbull

13 April, 2021

After the lockdowns we’ve endured, how would you feel if you were forced by the justice system to host a caged prisoner in your home? This is what happens to Hannah in Deborah O’Connor’s thriller, when she is effectively handed a life sentence, as she…

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The Waiter by Ajay Chowdhury

The Final Round by Bernard O’Keeffe

Beyond the Headlines by RG Belsky

Not Dark Yet by Peter Robinson

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones audiobook

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

The Cut

The Captive

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