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The Innocent Dead by Lin Anderson

By Vicki Weisfeld

23 September, 2020

The Innocent Dead is 15th in Scottish author Lin Anderson’s long-running series of police procedurals featuring forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod and the Glaswegian team she works with. Echoes of several of those earlier books appear rather frequently in the pages of this new one, although…

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Hinton Hollow Death Trip by Will Carver

By crimefictionlover

18 September, 2020

With our guest reviewer, the author and pulp noir expert Paul D Brazill Emotionally battered and bruised by his most recent case, Detective Sergeant Pace leaves London behind, including his loving girlfriend and confidant Maeve, and returns to his rural hometown of Hinton Hollow –…

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The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves

By DeathBecomesHer

3 September, 2020

Can it really be 21 years since the first Vera Stanhope novel was published? There have been a further eight releases since The Crow Trap, and The Darkest Evening has been eagerly awaited by fans of this series. Many of those readers may have been…

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Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards

By Vicki Weisfeld

23 August, 2020

Right from the title, you know the stately Yorkshire family home Mortmain Hall will play a pivotal role in this classic mystery. The legal doctrine of mortmain, after all, refers to owners’ attempts to control the fate of their property after their death. As you…

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The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne

By Vicki Weisfeld

10 August, 2020

The follow-up to Karen Dionne’s award-winning The Marsh King’s Daughter, this psychological thriller reprises some of the elements of her earlier hit, with an all-new story and cast of characters on the fast-track for trouble. Like the earlier book, it’s set in the sparsely populated but…

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The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 July, 2020

Avoiding the beach this summer? Missing sand and surf? Claire Matturro’s crime thriller set on Florida’s Gulf Coast will take you there. You can soak up the atmosphere while her protagonist, Kate Garcia, gets into some mighty deep waters. Kate has a boyfriend who wants…

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Tokyo Traffic by Michael Pronko

By nagaisayonara

8 July, 2020

Tokyo is a city like any other, except much much bigger. By some counts it ranks as the world’s largest city, and it’s a place Michael Pronko knows well, as proven by his writing on the subject, which includes his detective Hiroshi mystery books. Tokyo…

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Somebody's Daughter by Carol Wyer

By DeathBecomesHer

2 July, 2020

Can it be just three years since award-winning romantic comedy novelist Carol Wyer turned her attention to crime fiction? Since then, she’s written 11 well-received books and now she’s back with her 12th. Somebody’s Daughter is number seven in the series featuring Natalie Ward and…

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The Innocent Dead by Lin Anderson

Hinton Hollow Death Trip by Will Carver

The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves

Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards

The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne

The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro

Tokyo Traffic by Michael Pronko

Somebody's Daughter by Carol Wyer

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