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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 Dirty South by John Connolly

By Paul Burke

6 April, 2021

The 18th book in John Connolly’s Charlie Parker series, The Dirty South is actually a step back in time to the aftermath of the brutal murder of Parker’s wife, Susan, and daughter, Jennifer, 20 years earlier. It doesn’t go all the way back to the…

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A Galway Epiphany by Ken Bruen audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

6 April, 2021

Narrated by Gerry O’Brien — A Galway Epiphany is the 17th novel in award-winning Irish author Ken Bruen’s long-running series involving former Garda detective Jack Taylor. Now a private investigator, he has had a haphazard career since being thrown off the force for excessive drinking…

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Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth

By Paul Burke

2 April, 2021

When Bad Penny Blues was published in 2009, it became a cult classic, the kind of novel other writers refer to as a landmark. If you’ve not yet discovered it this new edition, with an introduction by Greil Marcus and insightful afterword by the author,…

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The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

13 March, 2021

High up in the Swiss Alps perches Le Sommet, a luxury hotel which used to be a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. In the late-19th and early-20th centuries Switzerland had numerous sanatoria where people with long-term illnesses were sent to recover in the clean, crisp mountain…

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The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 March, 2021

“Millicent Spark’s life ended on the twenty-third of January, 1994,” starts Chris Brookmyre’s new thriller about the movie business. She woke up that morning after an alcohol- and drug-fuelled night with the body of her lover Markus next to her, covered in stab wounds. As…

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Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison

By crimefictionlover

5 March, 2021

Glasgow has a hard reputation, as anyone who has been ‘kissed’ by one of its residents will tell you. The city and its denizens are at the heart of Edge of the Grave, the debut crime novel by Robbie Morrison. With a background writing comics…

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The Cut

The Captive

The Dirty South by John Connolly

A Galway Epiphany by Ken Bruen audiobook

Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison

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