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Interview: Kellye Garrett

3 July, 2024

Kellye Garrett began as a crime fiction author with the Detective by Day cosy mysteries about a broke black actress who becomes an amateur detective. Her debut, Hollywood Homicide, won multiple awards for best first novel including the Agatha, Anthony, Lefty and IPPY. It was also…

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Jack & I by Laury A Egan

By Vicki Weisfeld

20 June, 2024

Laury Egan’s new novel, Jack & I, is the dark tale of a 16-year-old New Jersey boy growing up in a state of utter confusion. Part of the turmoil around him is environmental and stems from a succession of foster homes with families of varying…

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The Debt Collector by Steven Max Russo

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 May, 2024

Here’s a new crime thriller that will upend your expectations at every turn – Steven Max Russo’s The Debt Collector. The literati say there are only two plots in all of literature: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. This…

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The Psychologist's Shadow by Laury A Egan

By Vicki Weisfeld

30 November, 2023

If you’re looking for a complete change of pace in a crime thriller then The Psychologist’s Shadow by Laury A Egan may be it. It has action scenes but, fittingly, most of the story unwinds in the head of psychologist Ellen Haskell. Ellen has closed…

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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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The Pine Barrens Stratagem by Ken Harris

By Vicki Weisfeld

1 February, 2022

In Ken Harris’s new thriller, witty and profane private investigator Steve Rockfish tackles a series of long-hidden crimes that powerful forces are determined should stay under wraps. The prologue is a bit over-long, but provides a chilling history lesson. In the early 1940s, the young…

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Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 August, 2021

Authors are often told to make the setting of their novel like another character, and certainly the books that nail the sounds, smells, look and feel of a place add to the realism of a story. This debut crime novel involving two quasi-amateur detectives takes…

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New Jersey Noir: Cape May by William Baer

By Vicki Weisfeld

19 January, 2021

This is the second of William Baer’s novels featuring private investigator Jack Colt of Paterson, New Jersey. Going by the title, you might assume this is part of Akashic Books’ short story series that includes Milwaukee Noir or Amsterdam Noir. In fact, Akashic published a…

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Interview: Kellye Garrett

Jack & I by Laury A Egan

The Debt Collector by Steven Max Russo

The Psychologist's Shadow by Laury A Egan

Death of a Dancing Queen by Kimberly G Giarratano

The Pine Barrens Stratagem by Ken Harris

Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

New Jersey Noir: Cape May by William Baer

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