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The Meaning of the Murder by Walter B Levis

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 September, 2025

Billed as a literary approach to the topic of murder, Walter B Levis’s The Meaning of the Murder has a lot of plusses and, for me, a few minuses. He avoids all the cheap-shot cop story tropes, the too-easy slotting of characters into good cop/bad…

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The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead

By Paul Burke

28 August, 2025

The influence of Golden Age mysteries on modern crime fiction is huge. Readers simply cannot get enough of the closed-circle murder mystery and the locked-room puzzle – archetypes handed down from Agatha Christie and John Dixon Carr through generations of writers to the new kids…

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The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet

By DeathBecomesHer

26 August, 2025

Best known as The Secret Barrister – an author with several non-fiction books under their belt – the shadowy SJ Fleet has finally arrived on the crime fiction scene with their debut The Cut Throat Trial. It’s a compelling mix of Rumpole of the Bailey…

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Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

26 August, 2025

Diane Schaffer’s debut crime novel, Mortal Zin, begins as corporate attorney Nollaig Cooper returns to the Santa Cruz wine valley in California after a decade in Ireland. She wants to make a fresh start. Noli’s childhood mentor, John Fitzgerald, has offered her a position at…

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Meet the author: Diane Schaffer

By crimefictionlover

14 August, 2025

A good crime novel and a glass of fine wine go hand in hand for many crime fiction lovers, and Californian author Diane Schaffer taps into that with Mortal Zin. Set in the Santa Cruz wine region, it’s a story driven by two strong female…

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Meet the author: Catherine Merridale

By crimefictionlover

6 August, 2025

Moscow might not be top of your travel itinerary at the moment, but with crime fiction and historian Catherine Merridale you can safely travel there in your imagination in Moscow Underground. The setup is fascinating. As he consolidates power, Josef Stalin wants to show the…

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New Italian crime drama Inspector Gerri comes to More4

By crimefictionlover

30 July, 2025

Get ready to head to Puglia, the heel of Italy’s famous boot, when Inspector Gerri arrives on More4 in the UK – starting at 9pm on Friday 8 August 2025. The programme will also be available to stream on Walter Presents. Episode one begins with…

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The Good Liar by Denise Mina

By Sharon Richardson

29 July, 2025

Denise Mina’s The Good Liar is a suspenseful exploration of the impact of wealth, class and power on a murder case. Is justice truly blind? Can expert testimony always be trusted? Is it possible for the law keep pace with technology? The book opens as…

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The Meaning of the Murder by Walter B Levis

The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead

The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet

Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer

Meet the author: Diane Schaffer

Meet the author: Catherine Merridale

New Italian crime drama Inspector Gerri comes to More4

The Good Liar by Denise Mina

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