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The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes by Michael Kurland

By RoughJustice

23 February, 2016

This author is perhaps best known for his series of comic historical thrillers featuring that infamous criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. You can read our review of the most recent book in that series, Who Thinks Evil, here. Recently, Titan Books republished another of his historical…

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La Frontera by Sam Hawken

By Keith Nixon

19 February, 2016

Sam Hawken’s The Dead Women of Juarez and Tequila Sunset set the ball rolling for this popular author who takes a look at the perils of life on both sides of the border between Mexico and Texas. We last reviewed Missing in 2014, but we missed the 2013…

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Blood Mist by Mark Roberts

By DeathBecomesHer

11 February, 2016

Ever heard that definition of a newspaper: black and white and read all over? It’s a description that could equally apply to this tense and totally engrossing novel. Let’s tick off the elements. The white is the snow, which is near blizzard intensity when a…

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The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 February, 2016

Narrated by Stephen Mendel — This exciting debut thriller pits US Marine lieutenant and veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars Peter Ash against a mysterious conspiracy involving psychologically damaged vets, some serious explosives, and $400,000 in cash. Ash isn’t without his own post-traumatic stress…

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The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths

By DavidPrestidge

31 January, 2016

Walsingham, deep in rural Norfolk, is a curious place. In Jim Kelly’s Death on Demand, for instance, its religious history attracts both serious Christian pilgrims and obscure extremists. Elly Griffiths uses this unusual setting as well, in her new novel The Woman in Blue. A…

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The Promise by Alison Bruce

By MarinaSofia

30 January, 2016

It’s been a bit of a wait for the sixth book in the Gary Goodhew series, so it was with a sigh of contentment that I settled down with the latest adventures of one of my favourite young detectives. I have to admit to having…

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The 8th Circle by Sarah Cain

By DeathBecomesHer

29 January, 2016

We keep hearing that journalists are a dying breed. If that’s so then Danny Ryan must be the most endangered of them. He might seem a strange choice – after all, this guy won the Pulitzer Prize and has his face emblazoned on buses all…

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After You Die by Eva Dolan

By DavidPrestidge

10 January, 2016

From page one of this excellent book, Eva Dolan reveals why she is one of the rising stars of British crime fiction. She announced her presence with the first two books in the series, Long Way Home and Tell No Tales, set in the Hate…

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The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes by Michael Kurland

La Frontera by Sam Hawken

Blood Mist by Mark Roberts

The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie audiobook

The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths

The Promise by Alison Bruce

The 8th Circle by Sarah Cain

After You Die by Eva Dolan

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