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After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill

29 June, 2023

Regular Crime Fiction Lover readers will recall that The Woman in the Library won Best Indie Novel in our 2022 awards. Now Australian publisher Ultimo Press has released After She Wrote him in the UK, a book that was initially published as Crossing the Lines…

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The Good Ones by Polly Stewart

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 June, 2023

Two ways to sum up the experience of reading Polly Stewart’s mystery/thriller The Good Ones come immediately to mind. One is: ‘Everyone’s a hero of their own story,’ and narrator Nicola Bennett is fixated on what she sees as her own role in the disappearance…

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The Man in the Corduroy Suit by James Wolff

By Vicki Weisfeld

18 May, 2023

James Wolff writes a different kind of spy novel. His British intelligence agents are renegades. Jonas Worth and August Drummond, the protagonists of Beside the Syrian Sea and How to Betray Your Country, respectively, both found themselves at odds with their bureaucracies. Wolff’s storytelling skills…

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Five cosy crime reads for 2023

By Erin Britton

12 April, 2023

Can murder ever be cosy? Well, probably not if you’re the victim or someone unfortunate enough to be falsely accused of the crime. However, if you’re a reader in search of a gripping mystery, then the cosy sub-genre of crime fiction has you covered –…

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The Donut Legion by Joe R Lansdale

By RoughJustice

3 April, 2023

In his latest novel, Texan author Joe R Lansdale introduces new characters who have the feel of potentially forming the basis of a series similar to his earlier Hap and Leonard books. Charlie Garner was once a cop, became a private detective and is now…

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Death Comes to the Costa del Sol by MH Eccleston

By Erin Britton

1 March, 2023

Sun, sangria and sleuthing are all in store for art conservator Astrid Swift when she decides to make an impromptu visit to her estranged father at his new home in Estepona on the Costa del Sol. Having previously tackled murder and mayhem with aplomb in…

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The Case of the Cursed Cottage by Cathy Ace

By Erin Britton

27 February, 2023

Cathy Ace’s WISE women return to tackle another set of perplexing puzzles in The Case of the Cursed Cottage, the seventh book in the WISE Enquiries Agency cosy mystery series. The indomitable band of sleuths have previously tackled disappearing corpses, strange shenanigans in a bookshop,…

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Death of a Dancing Queen by Kimberly G Giarratano

By RoughJustice

16 February, 2023

Datura Books is a new imprint from Angry Robot that specialises in crime fiction, and its very first title is Death of a Dancing Queen by Kimberly G Giarratano. This novel details the mystery behind the murder of Starla Wells, a New Jersey stripper who…

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After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill

The Man in the Corduroy Suit by James Wolff

Five cosy crime reads for 2023

The Donut Legion by Joe R Lansdale

Death Comes to the Costa del Sol by MH Eccleston

The Case of the Cursed Cottage by Cathy Ace

Death of a Dancing Queen by Kimberly G Giarratano

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