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The Case of the Dotty Dowager by Cathy Ace

By MarinaSofia

24 March, 2015

Cathy Ace has made a name for herself with her cosy mysteries set in foodie-heaven locations like the South of France, Canadian vineyards, Las Vegas and Mexico. The books in her The Corpse… series have all starred intrepid academic Cait Morgan and we’ve reviewed a few…

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Black Wood by SJI Holliday

By DeathBecomesHer

20 March, 2015

Deep, dark woods have been the stuff of gripping tales since Red Riding Hood was a lass, so the title of this book is surely enough to alert the reader before they’ve even opened the cover. Twenty-three years ago, in the little town of Banktoun,…

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Knuckleball by Tom Pitts

By RoughJustice

19 March, 2015

After last year’s triumphant novel, Hustle, San Francisco native Tom Pitts returns with another hard hitting report from the city’s mean streets. Knuckleball is a novella published by American indie One Eye Press, which was already very much on my radar after publishing Chris Leek’s…

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The Traitor's Mark by DK Wilson

By RoughJustice

15 March, 2015

1543 and Tudor England is a dangerous place to be. London has a plague, and elsewhere the English Reformation is creating intrigue and suspicion. In his prime Henry VIII threw off the papal yoke with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but now he’s nearing the…

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Death Reveals All by David Foster

By DavidPrestidge

14 March, 2015

It is London, late in 1940. A Royal Navy sailor, on the last night of his leave is having a quiet pint in a pub. His wife is in bed at home and their twin baby sons are tucked up in their cot in the…

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Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton

By Keith Nixon

25 February, 2015

Van Shaw, US Army Ranger veteran, steps off a plane in Seattle drawn back by a note from his estranged grandfather, Dono, 10 years after he suddenly left. He hasn’t heard from Dono or been home since then, undertaking tours in various war-torn theatres as…

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Prayer for the Dead by James Oswald

By DavidPrestidge

24 February, 2015

Edinburgh DI Tony McLean is back, and there seems to be a rather nasty killer on the loose. When an investigative journalist is found both naked and dead – his throat cut – that’s one thing. Quite another is that his body has been found…

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Tell Tale by Mark Sennen

By DeathBecomesHer

18 February, 2015

It is always something of a lottery for a reader to discover an author and character mid-series. Will you feel left out of a tight-knit clique, or be welcomed to the fold with open arms? Tell Tale is the fourth Sennen novel to feature DI…

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The Case of the Dotty Dowager by Cathy Ace

Black Wood by SJI Holliday

Knuckleball by Tom Pitts

The Traitor's Mark by DK Wilson

Death Reveals All by David Foster

Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton

Prayer for the Dead by James Oswald

Tell Tale by Mark Sennen

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